31.   The march follows a high court decision to sack an investigating magistrate who had become a national hero.

32.   The Italian leader also made a personal attack on the investigating magistrates.

33.   The new measures would shift the right to put a suspect in custody from the investigating magistrate to an independent judge.

34.   Then, without warning, he issued a decree stripping investigating magistrates of the power to jail suspects without a trial.

35.   These days, the investigating magistrates have become bolder.

36.   They also said that the investigating magistrate, Christian De Valkeneer, who has wide powers, was not disposed to share the material gathered for his case.

37.   While the presumption of innocence is a benchmark of most democratic states, the law here allows investigating magistrates to put suspects in jail indefinitely without trial or bail.

38.   Package includes footage of the rescue operation plus comments from the investigating magistrate.

39.   A group of British and Dutch plane enthusiasts arrested on espionage-related charges were remanded in custody on Monday after testifying before an investigating magistrate.

40.   A French investigating magistrate, Renaud van Ruymbeke, issued an international arrest warrant for Holzer last year.