1.   They also reduce detention periods for suspects and ensures that families are immediately informed on the whereabouts of the detained.

2.   Western countries also have sought to shorten pretrial detention periods, which now average about a year.

3.   The package also cut detention periods to four days at most and expanded the rights of detainees.

4.   Other changes in the package introduce shorter jail terms for disseminating separatist propaganda, cut detention periods to four days at most and expand rights for detainees.