But further arrests continued, following every public protest, and it was not until 1986 that all political prisoners were freed.
Some people are released after several days of interrogation, but arrests continue.
Most arrests continue to be for robberies, assaults and drug charges.
Estimates of the number of people detained range from 250 to 2,000, and the arrests continue.
This declaration may at first not have been widely known, because arrests continued briefly.
The arrests have continued, but eventually the Administration simply stopped saying how many people were and are being held.
An army spokesman said arrests continued today, but he refused to provide numbers.
In the months after the election, arrests of opposition figures continued.
His arrest in quarters continued from 1927 to 1937.
With public attention focused on the earthquake, the arrests have continued.