"Stop illegal detentions!
Follow Geneva Conventions!"The protesters also raised concerns with the conditions and rights of the approximately 300 detainees being held in unprecedented incommunicado by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Almost all of them are being held for immigration violations, very few on criminal charges and virtually none for anything directly related to the Sept 11 attacks. Families, lawyers and journalists are being denied even the most basic information about the people being held..
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Speakers from INS Watch called for
justice for detainees.