1.   At times, he brutally quelled street demonstrations and jailed critics.

2.   Hanoi continues to jail open critics, persecute religious believers, censor newspapers, restrict the Internet and otherwise suppress dissent.

3.   He stifled the press, jailed critics and permitted only one party.

4.   It has jailed critics, gunned down protesters and dissolved the civilian central government.

5.   It is a sign that it is not just the judges who are eager to use a once-admired legal system to jail their critics.

6.   It jails political critics, makes deals with terrorists, talks repeatedly in their language of incitement and jihad.

7.   Opponents say the government has trumped up the vague charges and used them as a pretext to jail its critics.

8.   Nigeria struggled for nearly four decades under a series of repressive military regimes that often executed or jailed their critics.

9.   Opponents say the government has trumped up the charges and used them as a pretext to jail its critics.

10.   Vietnam in August sent a strong signal to dissidents after it jailed three critics who were accused of divulging state secrets.