1.   Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy that operates without a legislature and has banned political parties and imprisoned opposition leaders.

2.   So it has tried to stamp out the movement by imprisoning top leaders and vilifying the founder, Li, as a charlatan.

3.   While the Beijing government permits Christian worship, it has imprisoned the leaders of churches not officially recognized by the Beijing government.

4.   After U.S.-aided Bay of Pigs invasion by anti-Castro Cubans, militia occupy number of churches and briefly imprison leaders suspected of favoring invasion.

5.   Groups have been banned, their bank accounts seized and leaders imprisoned, often for years without charge because the authorities say no one would testify against them.

6.   He also forced into exile and imprisoned political leaders, besides cultural and labour figures as well.

7.   If convicted, the six rebel leaders could be imprisoned for life for engaging in attacks against the government, he added.

8.   Human rights groups, including London-based Amnesty International, say dozens of dissidents and religious leaders are imprisoned in Vietnam.

9.   Many party leaders were imprisoned or went into exile.

10.   Private ATV television said the Kurdish leader had been imprisoned on the tiny, virtually uninhabited island of Imrali in the Marmara Sea.