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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
His abduction, his detention and now conviction on baseless charges demonstrated a flagrant disregard by Russian authorities for the rule of law and raises serious concerns regarding Russia's compliance with its international legal obligations. – State Department spokesman John Kirby	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Taheri's multiple convictions on a variety of vague charges, his alleged detention in solitary confinement and now his sentencing to death bring into stark focus serious issues with the administration of justice and the terribly worrying use of the death penalty in Iran, for an individual to be sentenced to death for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, religion or belief is an absolute outrage -- and a clear violation of international human rights law. – High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children, in short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued. – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Two of my university friends traveled to Syria to join terrorist cells after they were tortured for two months in detention. – Islam Yehya	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We estimate that 11 people will remain in detention because we have collected evidence that they were obtaining the means to commit a terrorist act. – Darko Ilic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
When I saw my brother on television in detention in Italy, I really believed he was under the influence of drugs or something like that, the ones who are responsible are the recruiters and the smugglers. But him, he is just another victim of lawless Libya. – Nourredine Mahjoub	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We have heard reports that Catholic bishops are prohibiting Catholic charities from allowing teens in their care to access critical services like contraception and abortion- even if the teenager has been raped on her journey to the United States or in a detention facility. – The ACLU	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I want to believe that these ones are really the ones who conducted (the killing) and that once in a while law enforcement worked professionally and detained real assassins, and did not make a mistake, the key task for investigators is to find and prosecute the ones who ordered this murder. If everything ends with the detention of scapegoats, irrespective of whether they are the real assassins or not, the practice of political assassinations will continue with no doubt. – Ilya Yashin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The harassment and detention of The Blade's reporter and photographer, the confiscation of their equipment, and the brazen destruction of lawful photographs cannot be justified by a claim of military authority or by the supposed imperatives of the national security state, the Blade is pleased with this resolution of the crucial First Amendment issues at stake in this matter. – Toledo Blade	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
With this detention, the rule of law in the country is strengthened, and we continue to move toward a Mexico at peace. – President Enrique Peña Nieto	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This ruling means that the government cannot continue to lock up families without an individualized determination that they pose a danger or flight risk that requires their detention. – Judy Rabinovitz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The demonization of political competitors ... is not healthy for a democracy, and the power to detain suspected criminals must not be used, or appear to be used, to settle political scores, i could not help getting the impression that this (pre-trial detention) is part of a bitter campaign by the current authorities against their predecessors. – Pedro Agramunt	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I could not help getting the impression that this (pre-trial detention) is part of a bitter campaign by the current authorities against their predecessors. – Pedro Agramunt	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The subject remains in custody due to a detention order, no decision on extradition has been made. – Alexander Badle	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is no coincidence that the recent ISIS videos showing the barbaric burning of a Jordanian pilot and the savage execution of a Japanese hostage each showed the victim clothed in an orange jumpsuit, believed by many to be the symbol of the Guantanamo detention facility. – Brian McKeon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are committed to closing the detention facility. That's our goal and we are working toward that goal. – Ian Moss	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The behaviour of staff, particularly male staff, in Yarl's Wood detention centre, is adding to the trauma of survivors of sexual violence. – Natasha Walter	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We're deeply concerned by reports that Russia has moved Ms Savchenko to solitary confinement, we understand that Ms Savchenko has been on hunger strike for nearly a month to protest the terms of Ms Savchenko detention and is suffering additional health problems. – Jen Psaki	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The United States is grateful to the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 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 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures. – The Pentagon	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
After publication of the Washington Post article, Country [] demanded the closure of DETENTION SITE BLACK within hours, the CIA transferred the remaining CIA detainees out of the facility shortly thereafter. – The Senate report	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The interrogations and the conditions of confinement at the CIA detention sites were far different and far more harsh than the way the CIA had described them to us. – Dianne Feinstein	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I cannot hire new Secret Service agents until I get an appropriations bill passed by this Congress, not another CR (short-term extension) for a couple of months, i cannot continue to fund our enhanced detention facility in Texas. – Peter King	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There are people in our society who should be separated and discarded. I think its one of the tendencies of the liberal community to feel that every person in a nation of over 200 million people can be made into a productive citizen. Im realist enough to believe this cant be. Were always going to have our prisons, were always going to have our places of preventive detention for psychopaths, and were always going to have a certain number of people in our community who have no desire to achieve or who have no desire to even fit in an amicable way with the rest of society. And these people should be separated from the community, not in a callous way but they should be separated as far as any idea that their opinions shall have any effect on the course we follow. – Spiro Agnew	added by anonymous 10 years ago

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

His abduction, his detention and now conviction on baseless charges demonstrated a flagrant disregard by Russian authorities for the rule of law and raises serious concerns regarding Russia's compliance with its international legal obligations.

– State Department spokesman John Kirby

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Taheri's multiple convictions on a variety of vague charges, his alleged detention in solitary confinement and now his sentencing to death bring into stark focus serious issues with the administration of justice and the terribly worrying use of the death penalty in Iran, for an individual to be sentenced to death for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, religion or belief is an absolute outrage -- and a clear violation of international human rights law.

– High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children, in short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued.

– Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Two of my university friends traveled to Syria to join terrorist cells after they were tortured for two months in detention.

– Islam Yehya

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We estimate that 11 people will remain in detention because we have collected evidence that they were obtaining the means to commit a terrorist act.

– Darko Ilic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

When I saw my brother on television in detention in Italy, I really believed he was under the influence of drugs or something like that, the ones who are responsible are the recruiters and the smugglers. But him, he is just another victim of lawless Libya.

– Nourredine Mahjoub

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have heard reports that Catholic bishops are prohibiting Catholic charities from allowing teens in their care to access critical services like contraception and abortion- even if the teenager has been raped on her journey to the United States or in a detention facility.

– The ACLU

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I want to believe that these ones are really the ones who conducted (the killing) and that once in a while law enforcement worked professionally and detained real assassins, and did not make a mistake, the key task for investigators is to find and prosecute the ones who ordered this murder. If everything ends with the detention of scapegoats, irrespective of whether they are the real assassins or not, the practice of political assassinations will continue with no doubt.

– Ilya Yashin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The harassment and detention of The Blade's reporter and photographer, the confiscation of their equipment, and the brazen destruction of lawful photographs cannot be justified by a claim of military authority or by the supposed imperatives of the national security state, the Blade is pleased with this resolution of the crucial First Amendment issues at stake in this matter.

– Toledo Blade

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

With this detention, the rule of law in the country is strengthened, and we continue to move toward a Mexico at peace.

– President Enrique Peña Nieto

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This ruling means that the government cannot continue to lock up families without an individualized determination that they pose a danger or flight risk that requires their detention.

– Judy Rabinovitz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The demonization of political competitors ... is not healthy for a democracy, and the power to detain suspected criminals must not be used, or appear to be used, to settle political scores, i could not help getting the impression that this (pre-trial detention) is part of a bitter campaign by the current authorities against their predecessors.

– Pedro Agramunt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I could not help getting the impression that this (pre-trial detention) is part of a bitter campaign by the current authorities against their predecessors.

– Pedro Agramunt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The subject remains in custody due to a detention order, no decision on extradition has been made.

– Alexander Badle

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is no coincidence that the recent ISIS videos showing the barbaric burning of a Jordanian pilot and the savage execution of a Japanese hostage each showed the victim clothed in an orange jumpsuit, believed by many to be the symbol of the Guantanamo detention facility.

– Brian McKeon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are committed to closing the detention facility. That's our goal and we are working toward that goal.

– Ian Moss

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The behaviour of staff, particularly male staff, in Yarl's Wood detention centre, is adding to the trauma of survivors of sexual violence.

– Natasha Walter

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We're deeply concerned by reports that Russia has moved Ms Savchenko to solitary confinement, we understand that Ms Savchenko has been on hunger strike for nearly a month to protest the terms of Ms Savchenko detention and is suffering additional health problems.

– Jen Psaki

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The United States is grateful to the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 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 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.

– The Pentagon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

After publication of the Washington Post article, Country [] demanded the closure of DETENTION SITE BLACK within hours, the CIA transferred the remaining CIA detainees out of the facility shortly thereafter.

– The Senate report

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The interrogations and the conditions of confinement at the CIA detention sites were far different and far more harsh than the way the CIA had described them to us.

– Dianne Feinstein

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I cannot hire new Secret Service agents until I get an appropriations bill passed by this Congress, not another CR (short-term extension) for a couple of months, i cannot continue to fund our enhanced detention facility in Texas.

– Peter King

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There are people in our society who should be separated and discarded. I think its one of the tendencies of the liberal community to feel that every person in a nation of over 200 million people can be made into a productive citizen. Im realist enough to believe this cant be. Were always going to have our prisons, were always going to have our places of preventive detention for psychopaths, and were always going to have a certain number of people in our community who have no desire to achieve or who have no desire to even fit in an amicable way with the rest of society. And these people should be separated from the community, not in a callous way but they should be separated as far as any idea that their opinions shall have any effect on the course we follow.

– Spiro Agnew

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10 years ago

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