Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: But civil rights groups expressed alarm at the latest illustration of Arafat's heavy-handed response to dissent against his three-year-old self-rule administration. "The teachers' arrests make us more worried about the status of democracy and freedom of expression in Palestinian society," said Riziq Shuqair of the Ramallah-based human rights movement Al-Haq.

said