11.   Relations have cooled since four political dissidents were jailed in Cuba earlier this year, an event widely decried by rights advocates.

12.   Saudi Arabia has jailed a dissident who was deported from Canada for alleged involvement in the bombing of a U.S. barracks, a Saudi official said Wednesday.

13.   The hard-liners have also tried to muzzle the press and have jailed reformist dissidents.

14.   Vietnamese officials have said in the past that the dissidents were jailed for criminal acts rather than their religious beliefs.

15.   He hoped Washington would resist pressure to impose economic sanctions against Burma, whose military regime has jailed dissidents and is accused of atrocities against ethnic minorities.

16.   He said he hoped Washington would not impose economic sanctions against Burma, whose military rulers have jailed dissidents and are accused of atrocities against ethnic minorities.

17.   A dozen South Korean dissidents have been jailed for unauthorized trips to the North.

18.   Burma, whose military junta has jailed dissidents and is accused of atrocities against ethnic minorities, is awaiting admission into ASEAN, possibly as early as July.

19.   Last week, Vietnam jailed nine dissidents, including two Vietnamese Americans, and handed down stiff sentences to six Buddhists in a move likely to anger congress.

20.   South Korean dissidents have been jailed for making unauthorized trips to the communist North to take part in social and cultural events.