On 20 August, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan proposed to the government to take appropriate actions to prevent incidents of detaining activists from recurring.

China also continued to detain members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual group, as well as other political activists, the report said.

The same laws allow them to detain political activists and make arbitrary arrests.

He also deployed the controversial Internal Security Act to detain activists, non-mainstream religious figures, and political opponents including his sacked deputy, Anwar Ibrahim.

But he was enraged that the Palestinian authorities were detaining political activists without trial.

The American report said China had tightened restrictions on speech, the press and the Internet and had continued to detain political activists.

Authorities detained activists, increased the number of police on the streets and censored online calls to stage protests in Beijing, Shanghai and 11 other major cities.

Chinese security officers have detained activists, tightened controls over the Internet and the Chinese news media, and harassed and threatened foreign journalists.

Human Rights Watch urged the government to release all detained activists, return confiscated material, and permit the rally to proceed.

Activists of Anjuman shere shia also try to defy the restrictions but government in response detain the youth and activists.