1.   And while many Lukashenko opponents have been jailed, many others walk freely and speak openly.

2.   In the past, Saddam has successfully crushed internal dissent by killing or jailing his opponents.

3.   Kabila banned political parties and jailed his opponents.

4.   Nazarbayev has been jailing political opponents on libel charges and last week kicked his leading opponent, former Prime Minister Akezhan Kazhegeldin, off the ballot on a technicality.

5.   She glosses over his record of ignoring pressure for democratic reform and jailing opponents.

6.   Suharto has never picked a successor and has regularly jailed political opponents.

7.   The reforms scrapped several repressive colonial-era laws that gave Moi sweeping powers to break up political rallies, ban certain parties and jail his opponents without trial.

8.   Abacha promised democracy but instead has jailed opponents, including Abiola, closed opposition newspapers and emasculated the courts.

9.   A year later Marcos declared martial law, jailed political opponents, including Mitra and the chief opposition leader, then Sen. Benigno Aquino.

10.   As efforts to overthrow the white regime grew, authorities began jailing some opponents, killing others without trial and chasing still others from their homes.