1. The law has been used to jail labor leaders and those caught listening to North Korean radio broadcasts or distributing leaflets about Communism. 2. Both overturned ministerial orders have been used to jail other Russians who claimed to be working with non-classified information. 3. The old laws have been used to jail hundreds of intellectuals and activists. 4. The reforms are intended to meet European Union membership criteria by changing laws that have been used to jail hundreds of intellectuals and activists over the years. 5. They said it would be a slap against history for a structure that housed people for crimes of conscience to be used to jail people for crimes of greed. 6. Turkey is trying to join the European Union and it has pledged to abolish numerous laws used to jail journalists and activists. 7. Vaguely worded, arbitrarily enforced laws on protecting state secrets have been used to jail scores of dissidents, journalists and others who run afoul of the authorities. |