11.   At home Abacha crushed dissent, jailed opponents and refused his people freedom and democracy.

12.   But a government that jailed opponents and caused technocrats to emigrate stifled development.

13.   Critics say the plot never existed and that Abacha invented it as an excuse for jailing his opponents.

14.   Nigeria, accused by investigators of arbitrarily jailing political opponents, has been protected by African members of the commission.

15.   President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah invoked sweeping constitutional powers Monday to suspend civil liberties and jail his opponents at will.

16.   Suharto jailed many opponents after accusing them of violating the creed.

17.   The Palestinian leader in the past has jailed opponents who suggested he was responsible for corruption, mismangement or human rights abuses by his Palestinian Authority.

18.   The president has jailed many opponents since assuming broad powers last fall, and has refused international demands to release two journalists for a Russian television station.

19.   When he seized power a year ago, Abacha promised democracy but instead has jailed opponents, closed opposition newspapers and emasculated the courts.

20.   When the military cracked down, shooting unarmed protesters and jailing political opponents, she and many other activists fled to the hills along the eastern frontier.