Born in 1939, his first arrest for dissident activity was in 1956.

He spent a total of eleven years in prison for what the Soviet government considered to be dissident activities.

We had both been involved in underground dissident activities, and for all I knew he might have been arrested, too, by then.

The Government is especially sensitive about dissident activities because of growing unemployment and frequent protests by unpaid workers.

Over the next few years, he was arrested several times for participating in dissident activities.

The Government succeeded in repressing almost all dissident activity, and she faded from view.

Subsequent to the Troubles some dissident republican activity has been recorded in the area.

Because of his father's dissident activities, Topol was not allowed to go to university.

The formation of labor unions and all dissident political activity was forbidden.

Because of his 'dissident' activities he was often detained for periods of 48-96 hours.