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She's effectively in detention inside the hospital. – Natasha Blucher	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The guards told me the hospital has been designated as a place of detention under Australian law. – Natasha Blucher	Found on CNN 8 years ago
My damages include attorney’s fees, hours of detention, emotional distress and reputational harm. – Peyton Manning	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This President and his former secretary of state are for paying ransom for hostages, when you do that, you endanger even more Americans around the world to be the subject of this type of hostage taking and illegal detention. – Chris Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The still-secret pictures are the best evidence of the serious abuses that took place in military detention centers, the government's selective disclosure risks misleading the public about the true extent of the abuse. – American Civil Liberties Union	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The disclosure of these photos is long overdue, but more important than the disclosure is the fact that hundreds of photographs are still being withheld, the still-secret pictures are the best evidence of the serious abuses that took place in military detention centers. The government's selective disclosure risks misleading the public about the true extent of the abuse. – The ACLU	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There are no indications that the Sailors were harmed during their brief detention. – The Navy	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Commissioner is concerned about allegations of politically-motivated measures targeting members of the opposition, especially with regard to the use of pre-trial detention measures against them. – Nils Muiznieks	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Thanakorn's secret detention should set off flashing red lights – especially since the Thai authorities failed to resolve two recent deaths of detainees in military custody, thailand's junta has increasingly flouted international legal protections by holding civilian detainees incommunicado in military camps. – Brad Adams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children, and putting them in detention centers, and then systematically sending them out, nobody thinks that that is realistic. – President Barack Obama on Thursday	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The notion that we're gonna deport 11, 12 million people from this country - first of all, I have no idea where Mr. Trump thinks the money’s gonna come from. It would cost us hundreds of billions of dollars to execute that, imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children, and putting them in what, detention centers, and then systematically sending them out. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They have n’t gotten the message to us yet, i think mutual cooperation between our agencies would certainly benefit both of us since we are the agency that would be holding these prisoners. Communication appears more organized in Texas and Arizona, where getting the word out to sheriffs appeared to have worked. According to a spokeswoman for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, jurisdictions received a letter from Texas Commission on Jail Standards on Nov. 25, 2014 stating The Priority Enforcement Program was replacing the Secure Communities Program. At the Pima County Adult Detention Complex in Tucson, Ariz., officials there say while communication with ICE has been fluid in recent years, the alleged murder in July of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier by a criminal illegal alien who had been deported five previous times has heightened their vigilance in making the system work. – Clay Corn	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It is a hardened criminal population that occupies the immigration detention center on Christmas Island, obviously the priority for today has been to restore calm to the center. That has taken place. – Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have a responsibility to reach a compromise, we could set up the transit zones in a way that makes them effective without conveying detention. – Peter Altmaier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We could set up the transit zones in a way that makes them effective without conveying detention. – Peter Altmaier	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
NIAC is very concerned by the continued detention of multiple Iranian-Americans by the Iranian government, and is deeply troubled by the reports that Mr. Namazi may also have been detained. – American Council	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We're concerned that what happened to prisoners in Kunduz and Ghazni may happen around the country, our information shows there are few standard detention centers in Afghanistan. The rest are in old buildings, or rental houses. – Rafihullah Bedar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The defendant is charged with war crimes committed against several hundred Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Croat victims ... who were illegally arrested and detained in several camps and detention facilities in the Brcko area. – Boris Grubesic	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As always, our priority remains working to mitigate the harmful impacts of offshore immigration detention, to the extent that the circumstances allow. – Olivia Zinzan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Detention that is secure, humane and legitimate has assisted in protecting innocent peoples against al Qaeda. – Mark Martins	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The (British) government has regularly raised Mr. Aamer's case with the U.S. authorities and we support President Obama's commitment to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, in terms of next steps, we understand that the U.S. government has notified Congress of this decision and once that notice period has been concluded, Mr. Aamer will be returned to the UK. – The British government spokesman	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The United States is grateful to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the United States coordinated with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to ensure this transfer took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures. – The Pentagon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He wasn't only a juvenile, but he didn't know about the charges framed against him by the military authorities to hand down a death sentence. ... Why have they kept him in detention for so long and under what charges? – Malik Muhammad Ajmal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This does not mean that either of these sites will be chosen; we will also be assessing other locations in coming weeks, ultimately, the facility surveys will provide me, the rest of the President's national security team and Congress with some of the information needed to chart a responsible way forward and a plan so that we can close the detention facility at Guantanamo and this chapter in our history once and for all. – Defense Secretary Ash Carter	Found on CNN 8 years ago

She's effectively in detention inside the hospital.

– Natasha Blucher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The guards told me the hospital has been designated as a place of detention under Australian law.

– Natasha Blucher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

My damages include attorney’s fees, hours of detention, emotional distress and reputational harm.

– Peyton Manning

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This President and his former secretary of state are for paying ransom for hostages, when you do that, you endanger even more Americans around the world to be the subject of this type of hostage taking and illegal detention.

– Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The still-secret pictures are the best evidence of the serious abuses that took place in military detention centers, the government's selective disclosure risks misleading the public about the true extent of the abuse.

– American Civil Liberties Union

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The disclosure of these photos is long overdue, but more important than the disclosure is the fact that hundreds of photographs are still being withheld, the still-secret pictures are the best evidence of the serious abuses that took place in military detention centers. The government's selective disclosure risks misleading the public about the true extent of the abuse.

– The ACLU

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are no indications that the Sailors were harmed during their brief detention.

– The Navy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Commissioner is concerned about allegations of politically-motivated measures targeting members of the opposition, especially with regard to the use of pre-trial detention measures against them.

– Nils Muiznieks

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Thanakorn's secret detention should set off flashing red lights – especially since the Thai authorities failed to resolve two recent deaths of detainees in military custody, thailand's junta has increasingly flouted international legal protections by holding civilian detainees incommunicado in military camps.

– Brad Adams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children, and putting them in detention centers, and then systematically sending them out, nobody thinks that that is realistic.

– President Barack Obama on Thursday

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The notion that we're gonna deport 11, 12 million people from this country - first of all, I have no idea where Mr. Trump thinks the money’s gonna come from. It would cost us hundreds of billions of dollars to execute that, imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children, and putting them in what, detention centers, and then systematically sending them out.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They have n’t gotten the message to us yet, i think mutual cooperation between our agencies would certainly benefit both of us since we are the agency that would be holding these prisoners. Communication appears more organized in Texas and Arizona, where getting the word out to sheriffs appeared to have worked. According to a spokeswoman for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, jurisdictions received a letter from Texas Commission on Jail Standards on Nov. 25, 2014 stating The Priority Enforcement Program was replacing the Secure Communities Program. At the Pima County Adult Detention Complex in Tucson, Ariz., officials there say while communication with ICE has been fluid in recent years, the alleged murder in July of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier by a criminal illegal alien who had been deported five previous times has heightened their vigilance in making the system work.

– Clay Corn

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It is a hardened criminal population that occupies the immigration detention center on Christmas Island, obviously the priority for today has been to restore calm to the center. That has taken place.

– Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have a responsibility to reach a compromise, we could set up the transit zones in a way that makes them effective without conveying detention.

– Peter Altmaier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We could set up the transit zones in a way that makes them effective without conveying detention.

– Peter Altmaier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

NIAC is very concerned by the continued detention of multiple Iranian-Americans by the Iranian government, and is deeply troubled by the reports that Mr. Namazi may also have been detained.

– American Council

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We're concerned that what happened to prisoners in Kunduz and Ghazni may happen around the country, our information shows there are few standard detention centers in Afghanistan. The rest are in old buildings, or rental houses.

– Rafihullah Bedar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The defendant is charged with war crimes committed against several hundred Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Croat victims ... who were illegally arrested and detained in several camps and detention facilities in the Brcko area.

– Boris Grubesic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As always, our priority remains working to mitigate the harmful impacts of offshore immigration detention, to the extent that the circumstances allow.

– Olivia Zinzan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Detention that is secure, humane and legitimate has assisted in protecting innocent peoples against al Qaeda.

– Mark Martins

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The (British) government has regularly raised Mr. Aamer's case with the U.S. authorities and we support President Obama's commitment to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, in terms of next steps, we understand that the U.S. government has notified Congress of this decision and once that notice period has been concluded, Mr. Aamer will be returned to the UK.

– The British government spokesman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The United States is grateful to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the United States coordinated with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to ensure this transfer took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.

– The Pentagon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He wasn't only a juvenile, but he didn't know about the charges framed against him by the military authorities to hand down a death sentence. ... Why have they kept him in detention for so long and under what charges?

– Malik Muhammad Ajmal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This does not mean that either of these sites will be chosen; we will also be assessing other locations in coming weeks, ultimately, the facility surveys will provide me, the rest of the President's national security team and Congress with some of the information needed to chart a responsible way forward and a plan so that we can close the detention facility at Guantanamo and this chapter in our history once and for all.

– Defense Secretary Ash Carter

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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