At a hearing last December, government lawyers agreed that it was not, although the courts generally allow brief detentions for investigative purposes.
With that, the government gave Judge Jackson a draft scheduling order that would allow briefs and counterbriefs on these issues over the next 10 days.
A UN-sponsored programme to allow brief visits from the exiles in Algeria has brought comfort to some Sahrawis, who in many cases had lost contact with their families for a generation.But the city is also ringed by army camps and crawls with police.
This ruling provoked one of the few outbursts of advocacy for these children; it was changed to allow "brief grief counseling" on parental death.
Last month the regime allowed brief reunions to go ahead for families separated for decades.
They are allowed brief visits no more than once a month to check on their homes.
He is allowed brief visits from his wife, who was recently allowed to bring him warm clothes.
Mr. Goldman had not seen his son for nearly five years before he was allowed brief visits in Brazil in February.
In a book that supplies few answers, Bradfield's lavish eloquence is the presiding constant, and over time he allows brief, quenching glimpses of little Sal's character.
And by midday yesterday, people were allowed brief visits -- "Not even 10 minutes," said Ms. Morris -- to get their cats, dogs, hamsters and other pets.
