They had been harassed,she says, by Muslim youths, but since a volunteer group was formed, security has improved.

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"You find quite a lot of stories where Somali fishermen were harassed patrollers, their nets destroyed, their equipment destroyed, their boats rammed.

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But sporadic gunfire means people are being harassed.

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Carstairs also mentioned the cases of elected legislators in Burma who have been in prison or otherwise harassed for years, and of several members of Parliament in Zimbabwe who have suffered violence and whose basic rights have been violated.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09