The tsarist government sentenced him numerous times to prison and to terms of exile within Russia.

In December 1998 the Chinese government sentenced him to 11 years in prison for subversion.

Meanwhile, Turkey's government revoked his citizenship and sentenced him to twenty-two extra years in jail.

The revolt failed and he was forced to escape to France, while the government sentenced him to death and confiscated his properties.

For this act, the Nepalese government sentenced him to life in prison.

The government initially sentenced five church members to death.

Last year the government convicted two trafficking offenders and sentenced them to 12 years' imprisonment.

The government sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Earlier this month, the Cuban government tried and sentenced some 80 writers and dissidents to lengthy prison terms.

In 1948, the government of Hungary retried him in absentia and sentenced him to 14 years.