1.   Local sheriffs have been bombarded with mail and phone calls from his supporters demanding his release.

2.   Nobody is put into prison in our country unless they have broken a law Michael was demanding release for some poetess.

3.   She remained in jail for sixteen months while a massive international campaign demanded her release.

4.   Thousands of people ringed the court building to demand the release of Mr Cox.

5.   A lone gunman, Charles Yacoub, demanded the release of all Lebanese prisoners held in Lebanon by Syria and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from that country.

6.   They had demanded the release of political prisoners and had reportedly been physically assaulted.

7.   Amid accusations of a cover-up, the international lending agencies demanded the release of the full report and prosecution of those responsible for wrongdoing.

8.   A spokesman for Arafat said the Palestinian Authority would demand the release of all the women.

9.   Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, the most prominent leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, demanded the release of the detainees.

10.   Bush also demanded the release of foreign nationals held in Afghanistan and the closing of terrorist camps in the remote nation.