41.   If an appeals court upholds a prison sentence against him for inciting hatred based on religious separatism, he will be barred from active politics.

42.   If the sentence is upheld, it must be approved by parliament and later signed by President Suleyman Demirel.

43.   However, the court upheld death sentences against eight Muslim militants and lengthy prison terms for six others also convicted in December for terrorist attacks.

44.   If the sentence is upheld, it then must be approved by parliament and signed by President Suleyman Demirel before it can be carried out.

45.   In an unprecedented move, an appeals court on Tuesday upheld sentences against two journalists convicted of libeling the sons of a former interior minister.

46.   If the sentence is upheld, it must be endorsed by parliament and approved by the president.

47.   Iraqi appeal courts upheld the sentences in June.

48.   Josephine Tang, an official at the Australian consulate in Hong Kong, confirmed that the original sentence was upheld.

49.   No one has been executed yet, although at least three death sentences have been upheld on appeal.

50.   Observers were stunned that the junta would uphold the sentences just as the Commonweath summit got under way in Auckland, New Zealand.