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Trinidad and Tobago ends state of emergency amid pushback over mass arrests
Lawyers criticised mass arrests under emergency powers that allowed authorities to detain people without charge.
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Lawyers condemned the mass arrests carried out under emergency powers that let authorities detain individuals without charge. Trinidad and Tobago has now lifted the state of emergency that gave the government extraordinary authority to combat crime, including the power to imprison people without formal charges. The termination of the emergency ends the legal framework that enabled the contested detentions.
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