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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10897756
http://www.business.maktoob.com/2009000 ... rticle.htm
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The authorities heavily cracked down on critics, rounding up scores of journalists, rights activists and reformist politicians.
Many of them have been sentenced to varying jail terms on charges of harming national security and provoking unrest. At least 10 have also been given death sentences.