The ayatollah continued his opposition from Qom, where he spent several years under house arrest for his outspoken views.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Canadian Senator Sharon Carstairs says governments from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe are suppressing the rights of elected parliamentarians for offenses as small as promoting the views of those who elected them.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

As Congress grapples with still uncompleted fiscal year 2010 defense spending legislation, containing more than $100 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq, divergent views have also been heard from other congressional Democrats.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15