The French Government has banned demonstrations before the vote.

The act also banned political demonstrations from being held on university campuses.

Government officials said they banned demonstrations to calm the city and the tense situation.

Singapore has banned demonstrations and has kept the city in a tight security grip.

And the authorities can ban demonstrations for up to three months.

He banned demonstrations, and ordered his forces to arrest those who engaged in civil disobedience.

But the troops were almost universally regarded here as the only means the Government had to enforce its new order banning demonstrations.

An uneasy calm exists in Oaxaca, where the federal police have banned demonstrations.

So far, Arab governments have contained popular dissent largely by banning demonstrations.

Authorities responded by banning demonstrations and declaring a national holiday.