1. Amnesty International and others have complained about secret detention and trials, abuse of suspects and unfair procedures. 2. A coalition of groups says there may be secret detentions like the disappearing people of South American dictatorships. 3. Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, rolling back civil liberties in key areas, and the Bush administration has held hundreds in secret detention. 4. He is in secret detention and the newspaper is calling for him to be tried for treason, along with several top generals and diplomats. 5. A report by Human Rights Watch earlier this month documented secret detention centers run by the government and reprisals against the press. 6. Chertoff also faced pressure on other tactics, such as the secret detentions of hundreds of suspects and the monitoring of jailhouse conversations between lawyers and clients. 7. For years, Morocco was known to maintain secret detention centers in Rabat and Casablanca, as well as an internment camp in the south. 8. His anti-terrorism initiatives, including secret detentions and expanded wiretap authority, have drawn criticism from civil liberties groups. 9. It also accused security forces in Algeria of arresting thousands of people who are kept and tortured in secret detention. 10. Liu wants his three-year labor-camp sentence overturned, compensation for the year he spent in secret detention and an explanation for his confinement. |