1.  In addition there are a number of banned opposition parties operating either underground or in exile.

2.  A founding member of a banned would-be opposition party has been detained by police in southern China, a friend said Tuesday.

3.  A leading member of a banned opposition party has been charged with subversion in northeastern China and appears likely to be convicted, a human rights group said Tuesday.

4.  A Tashkent court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced six members of a banned opposition party for involvement in deadly bombings earlier this year, a human rights group said.

5.  China is in the midst of a crackdown on the China Democracy Party, a banned opposition group, and other dissent.

6.  He is also a member of the banned opposition Khmer Nation Party.

7.  Liu is a leading member of the banned opposition China Democracy Party.

8.  Police in China on Saturday detained an activist who helped set up a branch of a banned opposition political party two days earlier, a human rights group said.

9.  Security guards on Tuesday prevented the leaders of several banned Sudanese opposition parties from handing over a protest letter to President Omar el-Bashir.