Tendai Biti, the MDC's secretary-general, has been jailed, charged with treason and denied bail.

ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe

Malawi's Economic Planning Minister Goodall Gondwe has resigned two days after being charged with treason, along with 11 other top officials.

BBC: Africa

It is unclear if Assange could be charged with treason in the United States or what sentence he'd face if convicted.

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He claims that his home and Proshika's training centre have been raided on government orders, and says that two members of Proshika have been charged with treason.

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After being bundled into a car said to belong to one of Mr Mugabe's ministers, he was driven to Mutare, 210km (130 miles) from Harare, the capital, where he was jailed and charged with treason.

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Jonathan Trelawny who was ordained in 1673, was one of seven bishops charged with high treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing to implement King James II's Declaration of Indulgence granting religious tolerance to Catholics.

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Now Mr Estrada is threatening to have Mr Gordon charged with sedition and treason.

ECONOMIST: The Philippines

For his reporting and for attempting to travel to Israel to attend a conference, he has been charged by the Bangladeshi government with sedition, treason, and blasphemy, the first two of which can carry capital sentences in that country.

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