1. The government ordered members of the banned political party to appear for questioning. 2. Leaders of the banned party were arrested last night. 3. In several parts of the country Saturday, strategists from the banned party met to discuss their plans. 4. It now appears likely that the banned parties will be allowed to take part after all. 5. Most startlingly, one prosecutor has indicted four former members of the banned Welfare party and demanded that they be executed. 6. Officials of the banned parties, supported by some human-rights advocates, say the bans are a tool the government uses to limit political debate. 7. The banned party staged a rally in Baku in December to protest elections. 8. The group called a news conference Tuesday to announce that they have received death threats in the name of a banned Jewish extremist party, Kach. 9. Police reportedly linked the blast to a banned political party. 10. Algerian authorities freed the leader of a banned Islamic fundamentalist party Tuesday, five years after he was imprisoned on charges of inciting rebellion. |