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by wbl 2735 days ago
Imagine a country where the police arrest people and they vanish in the middle of the night, with no way to determine what their status is.
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There is no need to imagine a country where mugshots are freely available, even is that person is later released without charge, that already exists, and we know what the practice does.
How does your question relate to publicity at all? Habeas corpus covers that situation, assuming the country you're imagining complies with habeas corpus standards.
Isn't this standard procedure in most western democracies?