11.   Such long detentions are technically illegal, but the law is frequently flouted.

12.   Such long detentions are illegal but not unusual in China.

13.   The U.N. civilian mission, which monitors human rights in Haiti, protested their long detention without trial.

14.   Their biggest problem was a lack of information about how long detention might last and where they might go after being released.

15.   The report said those abuses included torture, arbitary arrest and detention without public trial, long detention of Tibetan nationalists for peacefully expressing their political views.