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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Ten Freedom Points if you guess where this happened

Guess where this happened:

Protesters here in [XX] have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the [XX] police department and the [XX] handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than 'fire code violations,' and early this morning, the [XX] sent teams of officers into at least four [XX] area homes where suspected protesters were staying.


A: China

B: Russia

C: Cuba

D: Minneapolis, USA

E: Tibet

F: Iraq

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