Last year, France acknowledged that it had transferred an officer out of Bosnia because of what were described as unauthorized meetings with Dr. Karadzic.

Concert organizers expressed hope that the Government, which prohibits unauthorized outdoor political meetings, would allow the concert to take place.

Police arrived on the scene and fined the Baptists for holding an "unauthorized meeting."

The department also reported that there had been "remarkable changes" in the Soviet Union, including a "quantum leap" toward greater toleration of political demonstrations and unauthorized meetings.

Nicholson was watched during his travels to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, where he was seen in unauthorized meetings with Russian intelligence officers.

A major political opponent, former prime minister Akezhan Kazhegeldin, was prohibited from running against the president because he had attended an unauthorized meeting of "the movement for free elections".

On 3 November 2008, Sinduhije was arrested for holding an unauthorized meeting.

The rallies continued, and on Dec. 30 the Interior Ministry issued a warning to all Kuwaitis not to hold such unauthorized meetings.

In December 1984 at least 80 Jehovah's Witnesses were arrested in Limbé, southwest Cameroon, after holding an unauthorized religious meeting.

As in the past, the most common charge against religious leaders was organizing or hosting an unauthorized meeting, a charge that arises from a law circumscribing freedom of assembly.