11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Authorities continued to arrest and detain criminal suspects without warrants ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23008]

"The law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention; however, in practice authorities continued to arrest and detain criminal suspects without warrants."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Police at times made arrests without a warrant on the pretext that detainees were material witnesses rather than suspects ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23012]

"Prosecutors and police must first obtain a warrant from a judge to detain an arrested suspect in excess of 72 hours. Although judges rarely denied police requests for arrest warrants, police at times made arrests without a warrant on the pretext that detainees were material witnesses rather than suspects. The law provides that a detainee must either be indicted or released within three days of arrest, and this procedure was usually followed in practice; however, there were cases when police skirted this requirement by alleging that suspects were material witnesses, or that they were simply "invited for a discussion." The law provides for a bail system; however, in practice, most courts denied requests for bail in favor of detention."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Lengthy pretrial detention remained a problem ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23014]

"Lengthy pretrial detention remained a problem. According to the law, a suspect may not be detained for more than 12 months, but some defendants were in pretrial detention for three or more years. The government reported that during the year, pretrial detainees constituted on average about 691 persons of a prison population of nearly 3,532."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Authorities continued to arrest and detain criminal suspects without warrants ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 20177]

"The law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention; however, in practice authorities continued to arrest and detain criminal suspects without warrants."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Police at times made arrests without a warrant on the pretext that detainees were material witnesses ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 20183]

"Prosecutors and police must first obtain a warrant from a judge in order to arrest a suspect, except to avert the imminent flight of the suspect or when they witness a crime in progress. Although judges rarely denied police requests for arrest warrants, police at times made arrests without a warrant on the pretext that detainees were material witnesses rather than suspects. The law provides that a detainee must either be indicted or released within three days of arrest, and this procedure was usually followed in practice; however, in some cases police skirted this requirement by alleging that suspects were material witnesses, who do not have the right to prompt judicial determination or legal counsel. The law provides for a bail system; however, most courts denied requests for bail in favor of detention."

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Authorities detain suspects without warrant ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46111],  [ID 15700]

"d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention

The law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention; in practice, the authorities continued to arrest and detain criminal suspects without warrants."

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Police detaines people under pretext of being material wintesses ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46111],  [ID 15702]

"To make an arrest, prosecutors and police must first obtain a warrant from a judge, except in cases of imminent flight risk or when a crime is caught in progress. Judges rarely denied police requests for arrest warrants, although police sometimes made arrests without a warrant on the pretext that detainees were material witnesses rather than suspects"

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

No reports of politically motivated detentions in 2005 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46111],  [ID 15706]

"There were no reports of politically motivated arrests resulting in continued detention at year's end."

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