Usually, a suspect cannot be detained for more than six months without a conviction.

He was only detained for 3 months for lacking of evidence.

But he was arrested, detained for 11 months without being charged and stripped of his position.

He is being detained for at least four months.

Under local law, arrestees may be detained for up to six months without charges.

The following day, he was arrested from his hospital bed and detained for three months without charge.

Ninety percent, the department said, were detained for less than three months.

Under Tajik law, a person can be detained for 18 months before trial.

He has been detained since 29 March 1995, for over 15 months, without charge or without trial.

In another 2002 criminal case, the accused was detained for more than 18 months without a trial.