"I am therefore assigning priority to reforming and reorganizing our prison system, reviewing procedures for investigating alleged crimes by the state for special appeals and for the cases of detention without trial for citizens."
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"That action by Owen Paterson amounted to detentionwithouttrial and runs contrary to natural justice, " he added.
The Lib Dems have suggested holding suspects on lesser offences while investigating possible terrorism, as an alternative to extending detentionwithouttrial.
For the Commission, Ms Damanaki called on the Egyptian authorities to lift emergency law - under which detentionwithouttrial is allowed - as soon as possible.