1.   All seven are in military custody in Dhaka, facing charges including seditious activity and deception.

2.   Biswas, the figurehead president who is in charge of the Defense Ministry, cited seditious activity and disobedience in firing Nasim.

3.   The president of Bangladesh Monday fired his army chief for seditious activity and for disobeying an order to dismiss two military commanders.

4.   They face charges of seditious activity, indiscipline and deception.

5.   The vice-president of the OSCE parliamentary assembly called Tuesday for the release of six Kurdish former MPs imprisoned for seditious activities, the semi-official Anatolian news agency reported.