1.   Egyptian law lets the president control the parliament, appoint local governors, and keep the country under sweeping emergency powers allowing detention without trials.

2.   For example, the United Nations will scrap Yugoslav laws that allow long detentions for interrogation.

3.   Some are being held under a military decree that allows indefinite detention without trial.

4.   The bill, said a government spokesman, Giuliano Ferrara, would also allow detention for serious crimes against the public, including bribery and corruption.

5.   The legislation would greatly reduce the role of judges in the conduct of wiretapping, and would allow the detention of foreign nationals indefinitely without judicial review.

6.   The new law is said to be largely based on the British law against terrorism used in Northern Ireland that allows detention without trial.

7.   Other ASEAN members have been criticized for laws that allow detention without trial, heavy use of the death penalty, and stifling of freedom of speech.

8.   A law that allows detention without trial for anyone deemed a threat to public security still applies to speakers at the corner.

9.   All are being held under the Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial.

10.   All of the suspects were being held under laws in Singapore and Malaysia which allow indefinite detention without trial.