Since most of those arrested are held under preventive detention laws, they are usually released the day after the protest without being charged.

He said nearly 3,000 people had been arrested, including 1,500 who were being held as criminals under preventive detention laws.

The decision sparked much controversy about the scope of the mandatory detention laws.

Graham added that it was right that Americans should be subject to the detention law as well as foreigners.

She was the first white woman to be detained under the ninety-day detention law.

They condemn the President's use of detention laws established by previous governments to jail opponents without trial.

A number of those charged had been held under the 90-day detention law and were subjected to ill treatment.

The constitutional rights of imprisoned persons were restricted under Preventive detention laws passed by the parliament.

I suppose it's fair to say that the detention laws, if anything, have gotten even worse, rather than better.

He said Internet protests of a beating death last year that involved police officers helped prompt a change in national detention laws.