Four other legal groups - including the International Commission of Jurists and the Pan African Lawyers Union - condemned her detention.

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The arrests were condemned by legal groups, including the International Commission of Jurists and the Pan African Lawyers Union, on Monday.

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The International Commission of Jurists urged the government to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to ensure that judges were secure from assault and intimidation.

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