(South African law during this time allowed detention without trial under certain circumstances).

Some are being held under a military decree that allows indefinite detention without trial.

The 2007-2008 state of emergency in Agadez allows detention without charge or trial.

The seneschal was given powers of martial law, which allowed execution without trial by jury.

No country should any longer have laws that allow for detention without trial.

Human rights organizations opposed the emergency powers, which allowed for indefinite detention without trial.

It allows indefinite detention without trial for reasons of state security.

Democracies are not supposed to allow imprisonment without trial.

Police raids have been going on since Tuesday, under a law that allows detention without trial.

This has allowed the execution of people without trial.