Detention without trial is counterproductive in the fight against terrorism.

The PTA facilitates arbitrary arrest, lengthy detention of suspects without trial and attendant abuses.

What was the maximum length of time a person could be held in pre trial detention without being able to communicate with anyone outside the detention facility? The delegation had informed the Committee that when pre trial detention was extended, it became court detention rather than police detention.

In particular, indefinite detention without trial needs to be addressed to avoid the recurrence of problems.

The extended detention of dozens of individuals in Guantanamo without charge and without trial is a basic abrogation of this right.

(b) Limit by law the length of pre trial detention and ensure that the lawfulness of such detention is reviewed by a judge without delay and regularly

(e) Reduce the length of pre trial detention

3.3 The author argues that his imprisonment without a fair trial amounts to arbitrary detention, in violation of article 9 of the Covenant.

Mahinour El Masry is released from detention pending trial.

Arbitrary and prolonged pre trial detention remains frequent throughout Afghanistan.

(j) At the poor conditions of detention and long pre trial detention periods of up to three years

(i) Consider amending its legislation and practice relating to pre trial detention, so that such detention is imposed only as an exceptional measure, taking into account the recommendations on alternatives to pre trial detention adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in December 2003

(a) The length of pre trial detention, including detention beyond 48 hours as stipulated by article 23, clause 4, of the Constitution and the possibility of detaining treason and terrorism suspects for 360 days without bail

(e) To ensure that the conditions of pre trial detention do not undermine the fairness of the trial

(e) To ensure that the conditions of pre trial detention do not undermine the fairness of the trial

That a person should be deprived of liberty for more than five years without trial is clearly an unacceptable delay that makes that person's detention unjust.

Judicial supervision of the use of isolation in pre trial detention

(d) The cases of torture and ill treatment of civilians, extrajudicial summary or arbitrary execution, arbitrary arrest, detention without trial and corporal punishment in its cruellest forms

Specific principles relating to arrest, detention, trial and penalties of alleged terrorists

1997 Member of the team in charge of the Project Humanization of Detention awaiting Trial (2,497 out of 3,000 detainees who spent more than 5 years in pre trial detention were judged)

A genuinely representative assembly in the twenty first century will not establish a polity that tolerates political prisoners, censorship, oppression of minorities and women, torture, disappearances, or detention without trial.

Prisoners are demanding an end to solitary confinement, arrest and detention without trial known as administrative arrest, and medical negligence, as well as the improvement of conditions within the prison.

Therefore, the review of detention, trial, transfer, and interrogation policies is of utmost importance.

The data on pre trial detention had been gathered by the official statistics office.

Maximum security prison facilities for pre trial and post conviction detention have been established.

Families of Saudi detainees marked the Third Detainees Day to protest the arbitrary detention of their loved ones, who have been behind bars for years without access to a fair trial.

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The prolonged pre trial detention of Yvon Neptune and Jocelerme Privert is an emblematic example.

510) Viet Nam, for lengthy pre trial detention without legal assistance (see E CN.4 2002 74 Add.2, para. 630) and Yemen, for lengthy incommunicado detention and denial of legal representation (see E CN.4 2000 3 Add.1, paras. 489 and 490).

Khaled is still behind bars without trial.

Shawkan has been in pre trial detention for nearly four years, awaiting trial alongside more than 700 protesters who were arrested in the same incident.

He requested statistics on the numbers of female detainees in pre trial and correctional detention facilities.

Mr. KOWSURAT (Thailand) welcomed Ms. Wedgwood's comments on the importance of specific pre trial detention facilities.

(j) Improve conditions in places of detention, ensuring that they conform to international minimum standards, adopt necessary measures to reduce the pre trial detention period and continue to address overcrowding in places of detention

(c) Consider deprivation of liberty only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest possible period of time, limit by law the length of pre trial detention and ensure that the lawfulness of this detention is reviewed by a judge without delay and regularly

(iii) The arbitrary arrest and detention without trial of political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists, in particular, as well as acts of intimidation and harassment against the population by the security organs

Nevertheless, it is concerned at the lack of clear guarantees for a fair and speedy trial and of the enforcement of rules for pre trial detention.

The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to review and amend those laws and to repeal those provisions in the 1975 State Protection Law that allow detention by executive order without charge or trial.

The response did not adequately or specifically address the procedural concerns raised in the source's submission with regard to Mr. Zhao's detention and subsequent arrest, specifically why he has not been granted any access to his family or legal counsel, and why he is being held in incommunicado detention without trial.

Article 140 of the draft transitional code of criminal procedure would provide for alternatives to pre trial detention, including house detention and other forms of community supervision of the suspect.

Over 600 of those imprisoned were being held without trial.

So called enemy combatants remain in indefinite incommunicado detention without formal charges and are unable to challenge the basis of their detention.

Consultation with the victim is important at this stage and can result in creative alternatives to pre trial detention.

Lack of facilities had led to pre trial detainees being held in the same detention institutions as convicted prisoners.

Detention orders (mandats de depôt) had been issued in a number of cases and the accused were awaiting trial.