| 11. | -- The federal courts have the authority to determine whether the detention period is reasonable.
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| 12. | Under the legislation, any detention period longer than two days must be approved by a magistrate.
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| 13. | El-Mahdi said Turabi's detention period expired last month.
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| 14. | Western countries also have sought to shorten pretrial detention periods, which now average about a year.
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| 15. | When the 48-hour detention period expires, it is conceivable that we will request a judicial inquiry.
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| 16. | Later, the assembly voted 94-12 to extend the pretrial detention period for suspects in genocide cases.
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| 17. | The six-month detention period is double the three months that was introduced in a September decree.
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| 18. | "A week is not long enough, " said Rodley, but he welcomed progress toward reducing maximum-detention periods.
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| 19. | "A week is not long enough, " said Rodley, but he welcomed progress toward reducing maximum detention periods.
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| 20. | The reforms reduce police detention periods from seven days to four and allow detainees to inform relatives or lawyers.
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