Earlier former Conservative home office minister Ann Widdecombe had urged the treason charge to be used.
Tendai Biti, the MDC's secretary-general, has been jailed, charged with treason and denied bail.
If convicted of treason, Musharraf could face the death penalty or life in prison.
The petitions in Islamabad High Court accusing Musharraf of treason were all filed by individuals.
For Moriyama's citizens, the Education Ministry's rejection of sumo was tantamount to cultural treason.
In 1540, Thomas Cromwell, principal adviser to King Henry VIII of England, was executed for treason.
Mr Tsvangirai, for example, is currently on trial for alleged treason, with two colleagues.
Now Mr Estrada is threatening to have Mr Gordon charged with sedition and treason.
This includes everything from administrative laws concerning building to criminal statutes related to treason.
After his conviction on treason charges, Dr Afridi was moved to a jail in Peshawar.
Pakistan's top court has ordered former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to respond to allegations he committed treason.
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The police have accused him of treason, a capital offence, though he has yet to be charged.
Once again, a basic check of the facts would have revealed that Pollard did not commit treason.
They were also outraged by the behaviour of bankers, whom one union leader accused of economic treason.
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In the Republican primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry went as far as to accuse Bernanke of treason.
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Police in Malawi arrested a leading opposition politician on charges of treason relating to a failed coup.
Libertas was arrested in September 1942 and sentenced to death for treason in December of the same year.
The lead negotiator for Mr Tsvangirai's side, Tendai Biti, is facing treason charges and is out on bail.
Labour's folk memory of right-wing spies fomenting treason is emphatically not something Mr Blair would want to revive.
Greed, self-indulgence, and even treason are of course not new to the international banking and multi-national corporate worlds.
But after a recent appeal hearing in Moscow a retrial on the original charge of treason was ordered.
Mr Sarkisian has hinted that he is open to this idea, triggering howls of treason from the opposition.
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But according to Pakistan's constitution, the government is the only one with authority to file treason charges against Musharraf.
Mr Musharraf is also now exiled to London, yet Mr Sharif continues to demand he be prosecuted for treason.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwean authorities put more pressure on opposition figures Thursday, seizing a top leader and accusing him of treason.
Smith was eventually martyred by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, while in the local jail awaiting trial for treason.
Mr Nawaz was subsequently jailed for 14 months, convicted of hijacking and treason.
If and when he is captured, Mr Sambi wants him tried for treason.
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That is where Bonifacio was executed in 1897 for treason against Aguinaldo's government.
According to the law, only an official of the federal government could register a case against Mr. Musharraf for treason.
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