How To Use Detain In A Sentence

Failing to detain him could actually amount to abuse. The Sun
They described ‘torture techniques’ and claimed that detainees had been forced into painful positions for 18 to 24 hours at a time or left to foul themselves.
Prisons overbook for the same reason holiday camps do: to compensate for the inevitable number of detainees who fail to show up for confirmed reservations for one reason or another, or those who escape. Welsh prisons overbooked
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Kenya's colonial government had responded to the Mau Mau resistance movement by imposing a State of Emergency, detaining leading nationalist leader Jomo Kenyatta, and restricting political organizing.

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Airport police were initially alerted after a man who claimed the bag belonged to him was detained by security. The Sun
At least 70 people have been detained in connection with the proposed rally, on charges of belonging to the banned group. Times, Sunday Times
Six officers were lightly injured and thirteen people were detained. Times, Sunday Times
Can the Commonwealth detain bankrupts for the purpose of examining them, on the basis that some bankrupts are likely to flee before examination?
The accounts have been based not only on the word of detainees, but of prison guards, translators, FBI agents and others.
I do not need to detain the House with a contemporary history of that sad state.
Is it only a war zone for constitutional suspension clause purposes if the detainee is accused of being involved with the localized conflict (this would follow with Eisentrager too)? The Volokh Conspiracy » No Habeas Jurisdiction Over Bagram Air Force Base
Torture of political detainees became widespread and systematic after the assassination of President Sadat in October 1981.
Former detainees still campaigning for justice have also been singled out. Times, Sunday Times
All persons so committed may be detained n. 'jt'feci'maTbe in said hospital two years; but when it shall appear to the detained two trustees that any person held in said hospital will not continue to be subject to dipsomania or inebriety, or will be sufficiently provided for by themselves or their guar - dians, relatives or friends, they may issue to them a permit to be at liberty, upon such conditions as they deem Permit to be at Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
Police detained dozens of protest marchers in Bombay. Times, Sunday Times
The transfer could be the first of so-called high-level detainees - the five under consideration have been on a 2009 list of 48 determined by the administration to be "too dangerous to release," administration officials testified this week. News - latimes.com
Their task will be tackling anti-social behaviour and nuisance crime and eventually will have the power to detain, but not arrest, the public for up to 30 minutes.
And yet Judge Luttig brushes this language aside, seizing upon a different sentence in the Endo opinion: The fact that the Act and the [executive] orders are silent on detention does not of course mean that any power to detain is lacking. Is That Legal?: terrorism Archives
Most of the detainees have been arrested on suspicion of illegal stay.
Stacy Sullivan, another counterterrorism adviser with Human Rights Watch, said the Military Commissions Act is unclear on what happens if a guilty plea is allegedly coerced from a detainee. Complete Disorder | ATTACKERMAN
Previously, detainees have been hit or tortured during questioning, villagers say.
By medicalising their behavior we give medicine and the state the remit to involuntarily detain and medicate such people to prevent them from behaving in ways society finds intolerable.
The guards told her that they had caught, or almost caught, detainees sexually interfering with the child.
KING: Senator Leahy, in the Boston Globe today, in an op-ed piece, you continue your effort to get what you call a commission of inquiry to look back into the practices, the detainee interrogation practices, what you call the torture committed during the Bush administration. CNN Transcript May 3, 2009
She had gone to that bungaloid mansion in Hampstead Garden Suburb certain she would find her patient kept under duress, perhaps even physically a prisoner, possibly maltreated, and she had been prepared to call the police and tell them here was someone detained against his will. Portobello
DETAINING the next president of the United States for three hours in what an eyewitness called a "malodorous" small room at an airport in the provincial Russian city of Perm looks, in retrospect, to have been a pretty bad idea. Robert Amsterdam
A burglar alarm went off, prompting the arrival of officers who detained the two undercover cops. The Sun
A former State Department official told the same committee last week that Addington and Yoo had been part of a group of six officials who "colluded" to develop a legal rationale for subjecting detainees to harsh treatment. Torture? What's That?
Initially detained in custody, he was put under house arrest at the weekend. Times, Sunday Times
Airport police were initially alerted after a man who claimed the bag belonged to him was detained by security. The Sun
In an Oct. 13 meeting with Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Obama said: ` ` Tell Raúl police Saturday detained 28 members of a far-right party who tried to disrupt an event held by a rival far-right tanker Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom. WN.com - Articles related to Spanish PM vows sweeping reforms to boost economy
As to the latter, Judge Berzon in her opinion said, “Here, however, Coalition has not proven except by assertion that the remaining detainees have no relationship with anyone who could appropriately serve to litigate the legality of the detention.” The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
For example, a local doctor contracted to provide care to Woomera detainees noted that the dispensary at the camp did not fill at least one prescription he provided to an inmate because the drug was regarded as excessively expensive.
Similarly, those sect members already in Iceland wouldn't have been detained or had their movement restricted.
As if that were not enough, it keeps its eye on the fate of political prisoners and other untried detainees in 65 countries and runs 16 major hospitals in Africa and Asia.
Former detainees still campaigning for justice have also been singled out. Times, Sunday Times
Members of the security forces torture, beat and otherwise abuse prisoners and detainees.
You are in detention in the sense of being detained and you may be detained even though you are not confined to a particular place.
Both essays question-beggingly describe the 375 detainees still being held at Guantanamo as “enemy combatants.” It’s a Wonder It’s Not Michelin-Rated
The surly bonds of print do tend to detain new tech. Times, Sunday Times
Submission — He practises an Expedient to detain the Carriage at Alost, and confirms the Priest in his Interest. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Police detained them for causing a disturbance, although officers took their petition and passed it on.
In addition to all this, the company providing its carriages or waggons is entitled to "demurrage" for every day beyond a certain time that these are detained by the companies to which they do not belong. The Iron Horse
Four suspects have been detained for questioning in connection with the incident.
For some reason, the first people to start walking towards the centre bypassed the roadblock and headed cross-country, making a beeline for the fence closest to the place where detainees were protesting.
If a detainee's family or associates somehow find out about the detention, they cannot publicly comment on it in any way.
The five have been detained by police since late last year on suspicions of illegal separatist activities in the troubled province.
They suggested Colonel Wong may have been detained because, as head of military intelligence, he failed to uncover the plot.
Before this weary conflict came to a close, nearly every Boer family was gathered in from the perils and privations of the war-wasted veldt; and so, while nearly 30,000 burghers were detained as prisoners of war at various points across the sea, their wives and children, to the number of over 100,000, were tenderly cared for in English laagers all along the line of rails or close to conveniently situated towns. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
Whenever one person is lawfully in the custody of another, the custodian owes a duty of care to the detainee.
That's why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past. Times, Sunday Times
A married couple were detained in the same prison, but in separate confinement, for a period of about two months.
But this can only be done at the expense of human rights, as can be seen in the systematic torture inflicted on political detainees.
Some counter-terrorism experts have raised questions about the significance of the Pentagon's figures, noting that the number of so-called "recidivist" detainees represents only a small portion, about 12 percent, of the approximately 520 detainees who have been released from Guantanamo since the detention facility was opened in January 2002. Safe To Release?
It is not acceptable to announce repeatedly to the world that we don't torture, that we abide by all our treaty obligations, and that we treat detainees "humanely" -- only to engage in secret waterboarding and hypothermia, based on equally secret legal determinations that construe the words "torture" and "humane" in an Orwellian fashion, that diminish treaty obligations down to nothing, and that assert a right of the President to ignore all statutory limits. Balkinization
Since the attempted coup more than 43,000 people have been detained and more than half of those have been charged. Times, Sunday Times
A 19-year-old who escaped police still wearing the handcuffs used to detain him has been brought to justice.
Police yesterday detained about 160 youths and raided what they described as a firebomb-making hideout in the district of Keratsini, near the port of Piraeus. The Guardian World News
The detainee handlers and the lawyers for detainees often flatly contradict each other. Times, Sunday Times
They also want all prisoners detained during the revolution to be released and for the repressive emergency law to be repealed. Times, Sunday Times
Manning could be given up to three hours of recreation time and allowed to interact with Leavenworth's eight other pre-trial detainees. Pentagon to Transfer WikiLeaks Suspect to New Prison
We refer here not only to the daily shootings, the bestialities inflicted on demonstrators and detainees and the vicious campaign of terror carried out against all who are opposed to the apartheid system - churchmen, whole religious communities, students, professors and teachers, workers, peasants, mothers and even children. WE HAVE DECIDED TO LIBERATE OURSELVES
The group scattered when police arrived, but police were able to detain 3 Thai men and 4 Russians.
Five people have been detained over the incident. The Sun
According to the Office of Medical Services '(OMS) guidelines, these techniques were designed to "psychologically' dislocate 'the detainee, maximize his feeling of vulnerability and helplessness, and reduce or eliminate his will to resist our efforts to obtain critical intelligence. Human Rights First: The Professionalization of Torture
It is only a failure if we think that individuals should be detained on mere assertions and not on hard proof.
Finally, female clients were more likely to be released from the facility outright, either after completing a detainer sentence or posting bond.
Multiply that by 100 counties in NC, and 50 states, and you start talking real money to detain the unconvicted. Matthew Yglesias » More Punishment, Less Prison
He's charged with maltreating detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty and indecency.
Since the attempted coup more than 43,000 people have been detained and more than half of those have been charged. Times, Sunday Times
Boats drawing from nineteen to twenty-six inches water can almost at all seasons ply on the Upper Ohio, and during the periods that the large boats are detained below the Falls, they are constantly employed in transporting produce, intended for the markets on the Mississippi, to Louisville, from whence it is drayed round to Shippingsport and re-shipped. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
He was then apparently detained by palace staff but drew a 9mm pistol and shot himself in the head.
Many of those detained had been aggressive and there had been reports of rowdy behaviour on trains heading to Cologne, he added. Times, Sunday Times
Five people have been detained over the incident. The Sun
Section 18 requires an intention to do grievous bodily harm or an intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer or any person.
We were able to survive while some other detainees were killed in the prison.
Earlier this week a Fox News cameraman was briefly detained and had his videotape confiscated as he filmed a traffic stop near the Pentagon.
They depart from Ghent — Our Hero engages in a Political Dispute with his Mistress, whom he offends, and pacifies with Submission — He practises an Expedient to detain the Carriage at Alost, and confirms the Priest in his Interest. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Thus, subjects not released to supervision and subjects with a detainer were not included in our analyses.
While the ruling may be a step forward for detainee rights in Maricopa County jails, it's hardly progress for Arizona as a whole. The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: Why Detention Reform is Desperately Needed
The police are now allowed to detain terrorist suspects for as long as a week.
The article reported that the girl was detained in handcuffs and shackles.
The bad weather detained us for several hours.
Also, Gates is "heartened" in terms of Afghanistan, where the Bush administration already returned around 500 detainees from Guantanamo to Afghan government custody — which has put about 200 on trial, with a "conviction rate about 80 percent. Away From The Numbers | ATTACKERMAN
There is no external scrutiny of their use, no limit on the length of time a detainee can spend there, and no way for detainees to appeal against their confinement.
Of those, 16 fishing vessels were detained and 113 written warnings issued for various offences.
Mr. Bell was taken to a police station in Liverpool and detained in police cells overnight.
Thus, for example, I have found that as oidium and phylloxera are more effective than severe punishments in diminishing the number of assaults and cases of unlawful wounding, so famine succeeds better than the strongest bars, or dogs kept loose in the prison yards, in preventing the escape of prisoners, who at such times are detained by the advantage of being supported at the public expense. Criminal Sociology
According to the police report, he confronted him after the guard detained his stepdaughter.
Plainclothes police officers have detained nearly 2,000 people since the so-called clapping protests began in June, in many cases because they were seen clapping or standing near people who were. NYT > Home Page
We then get homiletic lectures on the virtues of Shakespeare, English and the royal family before selected detainees launch spontaneously into a retelling of Pericles.
Scholars of violin performance will find little to detain them here about either technique or repertoire. The Times Literary Supplement
Bybee was questioned on whether his office gave specific authorization for reported practices such as dousing detainees with water and repetitive noise or loud music to keep prisoners awake. CIA Overreached On Terror Suspect Interrogations, Says Key Bush Lawyer
Officials say some detainees go on and off hunger strike from time to time.
Unrestricted: ICRC is allowed full access to talk to the detainee. Inside Guantánamo
Earlier this week 11 ticket vendors were detained by Pattaya police in a sting operation.
A young girl was robbed and he chased after the mugger and detained him.
Goes, has gone in a hurry, the wish detains is also in vain however, the cosmic inventory all have the rule which one live, nobody can change.
As for those innocent people who'll end up being detained: details, dear boy, details.
The man was one of eight suspected armed robbers who were detained on Thursday for two bank robberies carried out in Milan last summer. Times, Sunday Times
I think HGilbert arrived with Anne at the important turns in the government's pursuit in the 4th court of an alient "student"; as the Rasul Scotus certification addresses and somewhat supersedes Eisentrager with respect to where the detainee is apprehended. Balkinization
The Detaining Power will reimburse the Accepting Power for the costs involved in maintaining prisoners of war, civilian internees, and civilian detainees transferred pursuant to this arrangement.
Women's rights groups in Malaysia displayed outrage Wednesday at a court judge's ruling acquitting a policeman accused of raping two female detainees in a police lock-up.
Rep. 332. tender the pawnee keeps the goods, and they are ftolen, 0wcn '** • die pawnee muftanfwer; for now his property is deter - mined, and he is a wrongful detainer; and he that keeps goods by wrong mull anfwer for them at peril, in all events; for his detainer is the reafon of the lofs. Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's bench; with some special cases in the courts of Chancery, Common pleas and Exchequer, alphabetically digest under proper heads;
DUSHANBE -- The Tajik Interior Ministry says that security forces have detained dozens of followers of Jamaat-ut Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group, in a mosque in Dushanbe. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.
The litigants in the case were all detained but their appeals were dismissed. Times, Sunday Times
He was promptly detained by police. Times, Sunday Times
What we don't need is a witch hunt against the American people, ferreting through their private lives or detaining them because of their ethnicity.
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A third doc that I admired is Hot House, Shimon Dotan's Israeli feature about prisons for Palestinian political detainees in Israel. GreenCine Daily: Park City Dispatch. 11.
Dozens of activists were detained, mass text messages were jammed and searches for the word "jasmine" were blocked on Chinese micro-blogging websites after a mysterious call to revolt spread over Twitter and other social-networking sites on Saturday and Sunday. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Police officers detained and arrested a woman after she violated the curfew and defied the officers' warnings to leave the downtown area last Thursday.
Section 18 requires an intention to do grievous bodily harm or an intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer or any person.
LYSIMACHUS: Those who have reached my time of life, Socrates and Nicias and Laches, fall out of acquaintance with the young, because they are generally detained at home by old age; but you, O son of Sophroniscus, should let your fellow demesman have the benefit of any advice which you are able to give. Laches
Minsk police spokesman Oleg Slepchenko said 34 protesters were detained for participating in an unsanctioned rally.
The tip-off has been heralded as a major intelligence coup, but the detainee's shifting loyalties to al Qaeda over the years also underscore the challenges in battling the group. World Watch
Police disbanded the riots and detained an estimated forty students but to date no charges have been filed.
The Tunisians will remain detained while deportation proceedings are brought against them. Dane, Tunisians arrested in cartoonist murder plot « Isegoria
As a private security guard, he had no authority to arrest or detain the pair.
Manning will be held in a new medium-security facility that received its first prisoners in October and began accepting pre-trial detainees in January. Pentagon to Transfer WikiLeaks Suspect to New Prison
These reflections detained him till the wood was embrowned with the coming night, and the shy little bird of this dusky time had begun to pour out all the intensity of his eloquence from a bush not very far off. The Woodlanders
There had been a failure specifically to identify favourable material, but that was attributed to the difficulties under which the applicant has been labouring by reason of having been detained.
The hotel manager called in the police to put a stop to the ruckus and detained the mahout for causing extensive damage to hotel property.
Regarding the execrable pact between Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which shocked many former communist sympathizers into lives of anticommunism, Mr. Hobsbawm dismisses the "zig-zags and turns of Comintern and Soviet policy," specifically the "about-turn of 1939-41," which "need not detain us here. How a True Believer Keeps the Faith
It also mentioned the increasingly documented use of slave labour and the routine torture of prisoners and detainees.
In 1996 he chased a man who had robbed a member of the public and detained the suspect until police arrived. Times, Sunday Times
In the latest incident, another bunch of amigos were detained after feigning illness outside the athlete's village and demanding medical attention as a ruse to slip through security at the facility.
The government also plans to return suspects to countries that are known to torture detainees - providing it obtains assurances that the deportees will be safe.
When they arrived, William sent a cadie to give notice to Colonel Gordon that he was arrived in town; but was detained upon business with a stranger, to whom he would be happy to introduce him, as he was an acquaintance of his father's, and had seen him within the last few years. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17
The 38-year-old, who previously converted to Islam [and moved from Sri Lanka to Bahrain], was detained on March 20 after writing two books in Sinhalese, allegedly offensive to Lord Buddha. The Volokh Conspiracy » Prosecution for Insulting Religion — This Time, Buddhism
Camp Bucca, which has a maximum capacity of 6,000 detainees, is up to about 5,150.
Freddie was passed down the line, each diver detaining him to take their turn.
Customs officers will be given powers allowing them to board and detain ships suspected of smuggling migrants. Times, Sunday Times
The news agency did not mention the refugees' port of embarkation or whether police authorities detained any crew members from the boat attempting to smuggle the refugees into Australia.
[Illustration] The "soldan" is king Philip II. of Spain; "Mercilla" is queen Elizabeth; "Adicia" is Injustice personified, or the bigotry of popery; and "Samient" the ambassadors of Holland, who went to Philip for redress of grievances, and were most iniquitously detained by him as prisoners. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
Nearly all of the detainees were released and deported, although only after months of cruel and demeaning treatment.
Drug smugglers call coast guard for help SPANISH police said today they seized 1.1 tons of hashish and detained eight people after a group of smugglers called the coast guard for help when their boat broke down. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
He said the so-called seditious materials allegedly obtained from some of the detainees, were not illegal, and were merely ANC Daily News Briefing
Due to scientific advances in DNA, there is now the opportunity to minimise the detainment of an innocent person.
The compensation offered to the innocent detainees by the West German government was "politically scandalous," says Berlin historian Meinhard Stark today.
During a divisional vice operation in the Listerhills area, four men were arrested for kerb-crawling and three women were detained for soliciting.
Nick Danger and I are trying to sort out how and if the determining of a detainee's status could be done; I suggested using the term detainee as a broad category rather than POW. "And when the captured British sailor admits she 'trespassed' into Iranian waters, there is fear in her eyes."
Restricted: ICRC is allowed to ask the detainee about health and welfare only. Inside Guantánamo
Criminals, saboteurs, and diehard regime loyalists must be detained and tried in a fair manner.
Wouldn't you rather see her detained for several hours while she reconsiders her behaviour, possibly coming out as a better citizen?
The youngest member of the family detained last week was one of several St John's pupils who came to Rochdale from war-torn Angola.
The U.S. government is to stop using the term "illegal enemy combatants," a label contrived by the Bush administration to justify detaining people indefinitely without ever bringing them before a court or even granting them prisoner-of-war status. Embassy
The detainees resisted such standard blandishments as plea bargaining, cash, or relocation in the federal witness program.
He denied all knowledge of the bank robbery, but police were able to detain him on a technicality.
In January 2009, a trial judge raised Manuel Fajardo-Santos's original $75,000 bail to $300,000 after a local prosecutor expressed concerns that the federal government could deport Fajardo-Santos before the state had the opportunity to bring him to trial since ICE already had a "detainer" on him. Undefined
The police detained the suspect to make further inquiries.
They argued that I was being unlawfully detained in prison as a result of the Stafford ruling.
They say it happened when they were detained and fingerprinted by border agents after returning from a religious conference in Canada.
It also increases the incidence of false confessions by placing the detainee in a situation where he or she may experience physical or mental torture, or serious ill-treatment.
The ins and outs of reporting on national tabloids needn't detain us.
A neighbour said he had reported one of the detained men after seeing him carrying a bag containing letters.
Days shy of the event's 15th anniversary, he was detained by authorities.
The reference to detention (my emphasis) appear to show that the Customs had a right to detain goods at any rate if their true value had not been declared.
Some counter-terrorism experts, the magazine said, have raised questions about the significance of the Pentagon's figures, noting that the number of so-called "recidivist" detainees represents only a small portion, about 12 per cent, of the approximately 520 detainees who have been released from Guantanamo since the detention facility was opened in January 2002. Daily News & Analysis
Many of the orange jumpsuit-clad detainees fight their captors at every opportunity.
Twenty-three nationals of Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon and Guinea and one Mexican residing in the Tanah Abang area were detained by immigration officials, who participated in the operation to search for foreigners overstaying their visas.
I was so worn out with all their stopping and detaining me, it got to be frightfully hard work emerging from the flood of felicitations. tandem abii ad praetorem; ibi vix requievi: rogo syngraphum, datur mi ilico; dedi Tyndaro: ille abiit domum. inde ilico praevortor domum, postquam id actum est; eo protinus ad fratrem, mei ubi sunt alii captivi. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
The most vulnerable detainees, particularly the young, become severely disturbed, depressed and suicidal.
The legislation would likely end up applying to all non-citizens detained by the government both outside the US and within.
Insofar as form and language detain him, they detain him as questions of ideology.
Two suspects have been detained by the police for questioning .
It was designed to detain political opponents. The Sun
That's why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past. Times, Sunday Times
A suspect was detained but there was no information about a possible motive. Times, Sunday Times
He has been detained by immigration authorities, who can hold him for 48 hours while determining his status.
It may look different if the person being detained is an infant utterly incapable of fleeing the jurisdiction or giving trouble.
Beneath his scowl, a scared look crept into his eyes, and he glanced aside warily at his self-appointed detainer. THE CURSE OF CHALION
Arun Jaitley, a leader of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, condemned the detainment of Mr. Hazare on Indian television channel NDTV. Anti-Corruption Activist Hazare Arrested
But there was still the problem of detainees and both sides seemed to hold a large number of prisoners. Broken Lives
Likewise, state police are not permitted to arrest or detain solely for the purpose of asking questions.
Last year there were 10 break-outs and 33 unsuccessful escape attempts, each involving detainees prising open windows under cover of darkness.
Military officials imposed the ban in mid-July after receiving what they called "credible allegations" that some detainees had been mistreated while in the custody of Gen. Abdul Razziq's forces. U.S. Probes Afghan Abuse
As I say, I wasn't detained by the characters' opinions.
The two ladies who had come off in the gunboat were the lady who was said to have detained Mr. Frôler so long in Saigon, and her mother; and they were treated with the utmost consideration by all. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
Detainees live absent any points of reference, the whole process is very slow, and that detainees have the feeling that they are living in limbo.
But confidentiality has gotten the ICRC remarkable access and - as countless prisoners over the years have testified - has improved conditions for detainees of regimes not known for brooking public criticism.
Almost two hundred suspects were detained in Britain last year under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
He says detainees were locked in their dongas, or cabins, for hours on end.
The detainee handlers and the lawyers for detainees often flatly contradict each other. Times, Sunday Times
Thomas took her by the weak side, and usually arrested her "light-horse gallop of clish ma-claver" by some specious story of ghost or hobgoblin adventures, with which he had been detained. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 475, February 5, 1831
A U.S. official involved in overseeing the Guantanamo transfers said U.S. security officials receive regular reports from countries hosting transferred detainees. Republicans Probe Gitmo Transfers to Europe
At best, it will make some detainees feel better by letting them tell their side of the story.
After Miller's miss, Celtic supporters sloped off early, like office workers knowing the work was done, while St Mirren's fans were detained by police and stewards.
If the police wish to detain him they must place him under arrest.
His company checks for past rental or mortgage nonpayment, unlawful detainers, delinquent consumer debt, and income sources.
They put a hold, or "detainer," on 3,200 of those inmates who they discover are illegals. John Lott's Website
He said they would free all the hostages if police released the rest of the detained protesters.
How long is a ship obliged to remain on demurrage, and what are the rights of the owner if the charterer detains her too long?
Straw has claimed that British consular staff were denied access to the detainees.
Despite promises of police reform, police continue to use torture to intimidate, harass and humiliate women detainees to extract money or information.
And when the Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that the Geneva Conventions, which broadly prohibit all mistreatment of wartime detainees, applied to al-Qaeda, the OLC lawyers wrote still another secret opinion recommending that President Bush issue an executive order that would "authoritatively" establish that the CIA's tactics did not violate the laws of war — simply because the president said so. The Torture Memos: The Case Against the Lawyers
North Korea will be on the agenda after its missile tests, as will Myanmar, since its generals persist in prosecuting Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's most famous political detainee, on trivial charges.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police briefly detained more than 20 models, make-up artists and designers after a rare mixed-sex fashion show in Khartoum, participants said Saturday. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News

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