This was not to say that he or she should not express dissent: the intellectual's very function was to unsettle consensus.

These are sectors that should be the bedrock of free speech, in which the right to express dissent and present challenging opinions should be not only protected but encouraged.

There are more effective ways to express dissent.

External audiences provide individuals with a low-risk alternative to express dissent.

Now, opponents of the coup have taken to expressing dissent in indirect ways.

It forbids a free press, any internal dissent and any honest information on the origin of coronavirus.

At the same time he was cracking down on the faintest internal dissent.

Player disillusionment was rampant in a squad that has been riven by internal dissent.

He rejected reports that he faced internal dissent.

Her campaign, though still riven by internal dissent, appears to have recovered some of its former self-belief and discovered a source of passion.

Even democratic states can engage in heavyhanded suppression of legitimate dissent, but the risks here are quite different.

Opponents of these laws have suggested that they could be used against legitimate dissent.

In short, it will stymie legitimate dissent in our country.

For almost a quarter of a century he presided over a sham democracy, a one-party state that crushed political dissent.

And he has put controls on online social networks and launched a campaign against political dissent.

Last year 280 academics and lawyers signed a letter predicting 'a chilling effect on open debate, free speech and political dissent'.

And in a clear move aimed at stifling political dissent, insulting the president would become a criminal offence punishable by three and a half years in prison.

They're used to suppressing political dissent.

The promise of reform has been buried by conservatism, hardline measures to ensure stability and efforts to stifle dissent.

He said some controlling shareholders dominate a board and stifle dissent, creating some of the weakest boards he observed.

This creates the potential for them to be expanded to stifle dissent for political ends, as has happened in some other countries.

Order was now the paramount aim, and no means were spared to restore authority and stifle dissent.

They stress the ways in which these cultural assumptions can stifle dissent management and reproduce propaganda and ideology.

However accurate the details, the series has captured superbly the air of unreality which surrounds those who suppress dissent.

It has come under fire from human rights groups in recent years for trying to suppress dissent on social media by jailing critics.

It has since morphed into a broader anti-government movement, not least because the authorities have opted to suppress dissent by force rather than address the grievances.

It was after his return to the presidency in 2012 that the intelligence agencies appear to have won greater freedom to suppress dissent at home and foment destabilisation abroad.

The book also reveals the determination of the sect to control and suppress dissent in its ranks.

The following day, however, he reasserted his authority and made clear that he would not tolerate dissent.

They don't tolerate dissent because they are not telling the truth.

Mingled with patriotism and promises of economic - but not political - change, the message was that the ruling party will not tolerate dissent.

I don't mind players that challenge you, but you can't tolerate dissent from them on the pitch.

In societies that tolerate dissent, far-left groups usually participate in the democratic process to advance their goals.