Amid indefinite postponement of court proceedings in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities are reportedly considering relaxing the rules around how long suspects can spend in pre-trial detention. If instituted, this would double the number of days that people can be detained before seeing a judge from 6 to 12, and double how long they can be detained while their cases are investigated from 12 to 24 days.

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