He also opposed the 42 day detention without charge policy and the 10p tax.

Earlier this year, a new law came into force permitting 28 days of detention without charge.

Under Egyptian law, detention without charge can be extended up to 45 days.

Such arguments have been used by the police and the government to support their demand to increase the period allowed for detention without charge.

It is his third period in detention without charge.

John Kani himself spent 15 days in detention without charge or trial.

Early this month prominent Government critics were taken into indefinite detention without charge.

Instead, they face a curfew, detention without charge, and other violations of individual freedoms.

In May 2008, 200 prisoners went on hunger strike protesting detention without charge for up to two years.

Terrorism Act 2000, extended the limit to 7 days detention without charge for terrorist suspects.

Temporary detention without charges is permitted under Palestinian law, however, legal analysts noted.

Most remain in detention without charge or trial.

The court said the other 11 could be held until Friday under new counterterrorism laws permitting 28 days of detention without charge.

The maximum period of detention without charge was reduced from 15 days to 24 hours and detainees were allowed increased access to lawyers.

But Parliament has thrown out some proposals, like one to increase the permitted period of detention without charge or trial to 90 days.

This included imprisonment, prolonged detention without charge, torture, or execution.

The vast majority will never even be brought before tribunals and still face indefinite detention without charges.

During 2007 and 2008 Liberty led the opposition to government plans to extend detention without charge for those suspected of terrorism to 42 days.

Vaz's backing for the 42 day terrorist detention without charge "was seen as crucial by the Government."

Systematic torture and long-term detention without charge are two of the most egregious abuses, but not the only ones.

In particular, it is enough for the police to maintain that 'detention without charge is necessary.to obtain evidence by questioning'.

They were protesting the detention without charges, and abuses and mistreatment.

The police said late Tuesday that five more suspects remained in prison under counterterrorism laws permitting detention without charge for 28 days.

The United Nations has protested the detention without charge of a number of political dissidents.

On 1 June, Albuflasa began a hunger strike in protest against his continued detention without charge.