11.   But security agents have not hesitated to harass or detain people who try to form independent organizations or who publicly question the primacy of the Communist Party.

12.   Chinese authorities frequently detain people they consider politically suspect, often releasing them after a few days with a stern warning, but sometimes holding them far longer.

13.   Defense attorney Stanley L. Cohen suspects the federal investigators are grabbing at immigration law to find excuses to detain people.

14.   For months, there has been great confusion over just how people have been detained on immigration charges as part of the terrorism investigation.

15.   From the lands they fled, they know about men in uniforms detaining people for no apparent reason.

16.   He said he is concerned that the INS will narrowly construe the Supreme Court decision and will keep people detained as long as they can before releasing them.

17.   In addition to the arrest of the material witness, as many as two dozen people had been detained on immigration and other charges unrelated to the case.

18.   In these territories, the army has long enjoyed wide latitude in infiltrating Palestinian groups, maintaining surveillance and detaining people.

19.   It came just days after Spain detained eight people, including four leftist politicians, on charges of providing logistical aid to the rebels.

20.   Legal experts and defense lawyers say this roundup represents an unprecedented use of federal power to detain people for unexplained or secret reasons.