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"The government has increased its use of soft detention against activists, and especially against high-profile ones," Ms. Wang said.

Human rights groups have long condemned Israel's use of administrative detention against Palestinians and were not expected to applaud its use against settlers despite their objection to settlements.

Last month, Human Rights Watch accused Kurdish authorities in the disputed provinces of using intimidation, threats, arrests and detention against minorities who resist Kurdish expansion plans.

Judge Parker made several of those comments after Mr. Clement argued that the court would be mistaken to test Mr. Padilla's detention against usual civilian rules.

Following the attack, the political-security cabinet approved a request by Mr Ya'alon to approve the use of administrative detention against suspected Jewish terrorist – an action which is commonly used against Palestinian terror suspects.

In his announcement of the authorization to use what is called "administrative detention" against radicals — imprisonment for long periods without charge — Mr. Netanyahu said: "Those who raise a hand against Israeli soldiers or Israel police personnel will be punished severely.

"As we write this letter, the Chinese government is carrying out an unparalleled attack on civil society," it said, pointing to the recent wave of detentions against lawyers.

Mohamed Ibrahim, secretary general of the union, said: "We condemn the beating and the arbitrary detentions against the journalists, and it is unlawful to knowingly point guns [at]the messengers.

In a report, entitled "The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India project," the International Human Rights Clinic of the New York University School of Law said last month that the Indian authorities have actively used "violence and arbitrary arrests and detentions" against those who speak out against the project.

In addition, the Escuela Nacional Sindical, Colombia's trade union school, reported in 2013 13 homicide attempts, 149 threats, 28 cases of harassment, and 13 arbitrary detentions against trade unionists.

A detention order against former President Slobodan Milosevic was extended for two months, according to the official Tanjug news agency.