- Dissolution
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- Nov 07, 2020
Detained Quotes
On policy, law, and people held without trial.
This page grounds itself in real policy debate, including a distinction between the war in Iraq and the broader war on terrorism, and how Geneva Conventions applied to those detained at Abu Ghraib. For related discussion, see Action quotes.
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- Deplorable
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest.
- Confident
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am confident that every action we took as the FBI detained individuals in the wake of 9/11 was appropriately done.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's all right with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities who have detained him at the request of the United States - if first I get a chance to bust him one in the mouth.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many of our businesses rely on green card holders - how are we supposed to attract these people if they think they'll be detained at the airport if they go abroad for a wedding or just to show their baby to relatives?
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1976, Rastafarians were one of the most violated, persecuted groups in Jamaica. They could be beaten within an inch of their lives, or detained for two years, just for being found in a 'proper' neighbourhood.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. It is one of the great points to which our attention was constantly directed.
- Differences
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on Terrorism.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel - about 40% of the male population.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me. I was not mistreated or harmed, but I was also not allowed to leave.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know with certainty that the Obama administration has re-defined 'militants' to include any military-age males they kill regardless of whether they were actually doing anything wrong. We know with certainty that the U.S. Government has detained and publicly branded as 'terrorists' people they knew at the time were innocent.
- Guilty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia's overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the 'planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt' of terrorist acts.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020