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... police , the bureaucracy , the courts . And not just answered , but answered unambiguously , in bitter , brutal ways . For the people of the valley , the fact that the stakes were raised to this degree has meant that their most ...
... police , the bureaucracy , the courts . And not just answered , but answered unambiguously , in bitter , brutal ways . For the people of the valley , the fact that the stakes were raised to this degree has meant that their most ...
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... police refused them passage . To stress their commitment to non - violence , each villager had his or her hands bound together . One by one , they defied the battalions of police . They were beaten , arrested and dragged into waiting ...
... police refused them passage . To stress their commitment to non - violence , each villager had his or her hands bound together . One by one , they defied the battalions of police . They were beaten , arrested and dragged into waiting ...
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... police and the construction company . The villagers told me that in the contractor's headquarters they have a ' lock - up ' like a police lock- up , where recalcitrant villagers are incarcerated and beaten . The people who were evicted ...
... police and the construction company . The villagers told me that in the contractor's headquarters they have a ' lock - up ' like a police lock- up , where recalcitrant villagers are incarcerated and beaten . The people who were evicted ...
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