1.   And he has been barred from summoning an attorney to challenge what he considers an illegal detention.

2.   Cases of death threats, beatings and illegal detention, all apparently politically motivated, have been reported.

3.   Egypt has more than a dozen groups that investigate human rights abuses and many newspapers that publish reports on torture, illegal detention, prison conditions and other topics.

4.   His lawsuit, filed in a Paris court last Wednesday, accuses Castro of crimes against humanity, murder, torture, illegal detention, and drug smuggling.

5.   Justice Eduardo Moner said there was evidence Barrionuevo may have committed the crimes of membership of an armed band, illegal detention and misappropriation of public funds.

6.   Rights groups have documented dozens of cases of illegal detentions, torture and even murder by the military in its zeal to capture suspected Abu Sayyaf members and sympathizers.

7.   The complaints included torture, illegal detentions and abuse of authority, said the official, Jorge Madrazo.

8.   The government denied the reports of numerous civilian casualties as well as reports of illegal detentions and incidents of torture lodged by the Maya rebels and their supporters.

9.   Police Gen. Prathin Santiprapop, who retired as chief at the end of September, was cleared Monday of accusations that he had ordered an illegal detention.

10.   A court on Thursday freed two journalists after they were tortured by military police during illegal detention by military police.