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His detention was politically motivated. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The detention of tardy pupils. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In its definitions section, the order specifies that the term detention facilities does not include "facilities used only to hold people on a short-term, transitory basis.". From Wordnik.com. [FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles] Reference
They could not see how this very kind of detention is itself a blight on humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » A list of ‘reliably documented’ techniques] Reference
In the other case, a long-term detention was enforced. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Indeed, their detention is confirmation of its potency. From Wordnik.com. [John Jackson: The Power of a Question Mark] Reference
"We cannot go back to the days of long-term detention on children," she said. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
"They're glad to be out of the long-term detention business," the official said. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
MSF started providing medical services in Maltese detention centres in August 2008. From Wordnik.com. Reference
If the signal existed it had possibly been written with a view of long-term detention, he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Associated Press He spent a year in detention before a brief, closed-door trial on Dec. 23, 2009. From Wordnik.com. [Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel Peace Prize] Reference
Mr Weiss says that if surgical castration is not used, long-term detention will be the only option. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Unregistered NGO activity is punishable by fines, short-term detention, and confiscation of property. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He's continuing military commissions and he is continuing long-term detention without charge or trial. From Wordnik.com. [IPS Inter Press Service] Reference
One administration official said future transfers to the United States for long-term detention would be rare. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
One is the CIA basically becoming a jailer, running long-term detention facilities, which was not the case previously. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy Now!] Reference
"An ISF is a short-term detention facility," said Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. From Wordnik.com. [Highland Park TX | outside.in] Reference
"Current law prohibits moving these detainees to the United States for long-term detention," said Senate Minority Leader. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
He said police cells were never meant - or designed - to be long-term detention facilities for awaiting-trial prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Yet the girls are clear examples of previous long-term detention and thanks to Mizan, a women's advocacy group, they've finally been released. From Wordnik.com. [Infidels Are Cool] Reference
A U.S. intelligence official said Monday that the CIA welcomes the change, saying the agency does not want to be in the long-term detention business. From Wordnik.com. [London Free Press] Reference
Guzman, who is married to an American citizen and has a young son, has been in detention since last year, when he was picked up on a deportation order. From Wordnik.com. [The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: Why Detention Reform is Desperately Needed] Reference
Mr. Gao's presumed detention is the most egregious example to date of China's new willingness to circumvent its own laws when persecuting troublemakers. From Wordnik.com. [Again, Where Is Gao Zhisheng?] Reference
Defense lawyers said the Burmese boys, who had also spent time in Thai detention centers for illegal immigrants, had been sold to Thai fishing boat owners. From Wordnik.com. [Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] Reference
"Clearly, we've got to actually establish safety and exclude communicable diseases and those sorts of things - short-term detention is fine," Prof McGorry said. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
"But there is a provision on some kind of short-term detention authority, and our position is that the CIA should have no detention authority," Mr. Anders said. From Wordnik.com. [RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News] Reference
Lawyers acting for Reetha Suppiah and Sakinat Bello say they have evidence that even short periods in detention are unlawful as they cause serious harm to children. From Wordnik.com. [Child detention in immigration centres faces legal challenge] Reference
"We cannot go back to the days of long-term detention on children," she told reporters in Canberra, noting more than 100 are at the Christmas Island detention centre. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
John Pike says short-term detention in already existing facilities would be "sensible tradecraft" and a more likely scenario than a network of specific, long term prisons. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: And War Crimes for All....] Reference
The captain of the boat which struck two Japanese coast guard vessels remained in Japanese detention as 14 other Chinese fisherman were allowed to leave on a charter flight. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
"The American people and a bipartisan majority of the Congress have already rejected bringing terrorists to U.S. soil for long-term detention, and current law prohibits it,". From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
The Clovis police and the Lubbock police are not naming a suspect but when we called the detention center, we got that information in an exchange with someone we spoke to there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007] Reference
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