As a columnist, Tai was a relentless critic of Nigerian military rule, as well as of corruption in the government and the church.

He was a vehement critic of military rule in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, and an ombudsman in three states in 1976 and 1977.

At the same time, foreign diplomats and Nigerian critics of military rule say the top generals have siphoned off billions of dollars in oil revenue for personal profit.

Scaf hopes the poll will help subdue dissent and offer some stability, whilst critics of military rule want the new parliament to challenge Scaf's legitimacy and re-energise the movement for change.

His writings also devote attention to various non-musical issues: he was, among other things, a critic of British rule in India and a proponent of birth control and legalised abortion.

Mr. Gao has offended some other critics of one-party rule, who argued that his flagrant attacks on party leaders were self-aggrandizing and threatened to set back gradual progress toward legal and religious tolerance.

Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, general secretary of the National League for Democracy, is the most outspoken critic of military rule.

After the publication the poem was seen as a critics of Soviet rule.

From the beginning, Suslov was a vocal critic of one-man rule such as that seen under Joseph Stalin and Khrushchev.

As part of its crackdown on critics of one-party rule in Kenya, the Government also charged four politicians and academics with conspiring to overthrow the Government.