He was detained twice in recent years.

In 1984 he was detained twice in the Ciskei during April and again in September.

He was detained twice under the National Security Act of India.

In late May he was twice detained briefly by police, along with five other opposition candidates.

He has been detained twice under Malaysia's Internal Security Act.

In 1974 and again in 1981, he was twice detained by Soviet authorities and, on the first occasion, was expelled from the country.

Mrs. Farieda Omar's husband, a lawyer, has been detained twice, but their children have not been.

He was detained twice in 2006 during peaceful rallies and three times after the events following the disputed presidential election results of 2009.

After her husband's life sentence, Mrs Sisulu, 68, was detained without charge twice.

When she tried to return after his death, she was detained twice, placing a violation on her record.