On 8 August 1942, Congress passed the Quit India Resolution in Bombay which led to the arrest of many Indian leaders.
Riots took place in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, following the arrest of three left-wing leaders.
The spark which set off the war was apparently the arrest of 18 rebellious Indian leaders and the hanging of nine of them in mid 1540.
But hardliners in the government are demanding the arrest of 11 leaders of the Albanian insurgency, the National Liberation Army.
The action had a galvanizing effect on Patriot recruiting, and the arrests of many Loyalist leaders throughout North Carolina cemented Patriot control of the state.
On May 27, 2009, CNN reported the arrest and sentence of five leaders of one of the largest Muslim charities.
This military action suppressed much of the fledgling revolutionary movement, and resulted in the arrest of many radical leaders, including Menotti.
And a Federal judge today ordered the arrest of five anti-abortion leaders on charges of violating his injunction forbidding them from blocking access to abortion clinics.
Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha escaped arrest and increased their own power in the vacuum created by the arrest of more moderate leaders.
This tension culminated in the 1950s with the Mau Mau rebellion; it saw the region placed under a state of emergency and the arrest of many prominent political leaders.