In the late Qing era, he belonged to the pro-reform group.

But that support did make a lot of sense; we needed to identify and shore up several pro-reform groups in a situation still rife with anti-reform sentiments and Communist agendas.

Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-reform group in Washington, says the legislative focus will remain on medical marijuana.

Salye was one of the leaders of the radical pro-reform group called Radical Democrats.

A co-operation protocol was signed between Yeltsin and pro-reform groups in the Supreme Soviet (the standing legislature elected from the Congress of People's Deputies) before the Congress began.

The movement, called the Office for Consolidation of Unity, has been an influential pro-reform group with branches around the country.

One pro-reform group, the Islamic Revolution Mujaheddini Organization, responded to the Revolutionary Guards communique by calling its goal "a childish dream."

A 7,000-strong demonstration, organized by pro-reform groups, was held on June 29 at the Ostankino centre.

The church is a center for pro-reform groups.

If the Government had simply ignored New Forum instead of denouncing the movement, it might have remained one of several pro-reform groups springing up in the fertile tumult of the exodus.