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We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich, we also call on Russia to release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan. – Paul Whelan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In my own mind, there’s no doubt that he’s being wrongfully detained by Russia, which is exactly what I said to Foreign Minister Lavrov when I spoke to him over the weekend, but I want to make sure that as always, because there is a formal process, that we go through it and we will, and I expect that to be to be completed soon. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Based on inaccurate information, they were mistakenly sent to the wrong room and detained an individual, not the intended role player, first and foremost, we’d like to extend our deepest apologies to the individual who was affected by the training exercise. – The FBI	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There are far too many people in Saudi detention who don’t have the benefit of US citizenship to draw attention to their cases. Almadi was wrongfully detained, reportedly tortured, and released only after tireless campaigning by his son and international pressure, almadi’s release shows that strategic pressure works, and US officials should continue to press for release of prisoners and lifting of travel bans. – Abdullah Alaoudh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Obviously if he was being detained or arrested… which they claimed they were in the middle of an arrest, there’s no question that he should have been read his rights, none of that happened. That is a practice that we see quite frequently with the Raleigh police. – Dawn Blagrove	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Constitution guarantees that people incarcerated in jails and prisons may not be detained beyond their release dates, and it is the fundamental duty of the State to ensure that all people in its custody are released on time. – Kristen Clarke	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Thunberg was only briefly detained. Once (Thunberg’s) identity was established, she was free to go, due to the recognition of her name, police sped up the identification process. – Max Wilmes	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Our priority is bringing all our wrongfully detained citizens home safely and as soon as possible and resolving the cases of missing and abducted Baquer Namazi citizens. – Baquer Namazi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
No journalist should ever be detained simply for exercising their First Amendment rights. – The Journal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’ve walked through many different countries without documents. I don’t think we’re going to be detained, but if that happens, it was God’s will. – Rosa Flores/CNN Anthony Blanco	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He was not arrested. He was detained for 24 hours. – Eugen Vidineac	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am grateful for the hard work of dedicated public servants across the U.S. Government who made this possible, and who continue to deliver on my Administration’s unflinching commitment to keep faith with Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained all around the world. – Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Remnants of occupiers are being detained, collaborators detained and full security is being restored. – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained for four months, and Russia is now engaging in theater by subjecting her to a sham trial in an effort to create a false pretense that she is anything other than a political prisoner. – Colin Allred	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner, the practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working, and living abroad. – Elizabeth Rood	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Brittney Griners is wrongfully detained, unjustly detained and we have made that clear as an official determination of the Jake Sullivan government. Second, the Russian government should release Brittney Griners and allow Brittney Griners to be returned and reunited with Brittney Griners family and come home safe and sound. – Jake Sullivan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So, what I believe that the Biden administration can do differently is to actually take the words and the rhetoric that they have and match them together, for example, an American that’s deemed wrongfully detained, to my understanding, from what the State Department is saying, America will negotiate their release. It’s not a maybe. It’s a will. They will negotiate for their release. – Cherelle Griner	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There were limitations, especially given the prevailing Covid restrictions. I was accompanied by government officials throughout the visit to Xinjiang, i was not able to speak to any Uygurs currently detained or their families during the visit. – Michelle Bachelet	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If Ross Hopper have materials detained, Ross Hopper don't want to ship more. – George Hershman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When it comes to our efforts to free Americans, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, Ambassador( Roger) Carstens -- he will go anywhere, he will talk to anyone if it means that we're able to come home with an American, to reunite that American with her or his family, that is true in the case of Austin Tice. It is true in the case of Paul Whelan. It is true in the case of the Americans who are detained in Iran and Americans who are detained around the world. – Ned Price	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is my duty as Governor to inform you that this morning Andrew Alturo Fahie was detained in Miami on charges related to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and money laundering. – John Rankin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Paul Whelan at every opportunity is wrongfully detained in Russia. Roger Carstens and Roger Carstens team continue to do everything we can to seek Paul Whelan release from Russian custody. – President Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Preliminarily, detectives believe a birthday party was taking place at the event hall when a fight occurred and shots were fired, shots were fired both inside and outside the building. There are no individuals detained reference this incident. – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We can have no confidence in the validity of a process which is conducted in secret, that is part of the reason why we're so concerned because we have no basis on which to understand why she's been detained. – Graham Fletcher	Found on CNN 2 years ago

We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich, we also call on Russia to release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan.

– Paul Whelan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In my own mind, there’s no doubt that he’s being wrongfully detained by Russia, which is exactly what I said to Foreign Minister Lavrov when I spoke to him over the weekend, but I want to make sure that as always, because there is a formal process, that we go through it and we will, and I expect that to be to be completed soon.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Based on inaccurate information, they were mistakenly sent to the wrong room and detained an individual, not the intended role player, first and foremost, we’d like to extend our deepest apologies to the individual who was affected by the training exercise.

– The FBI

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are far too many people in Saudi detention who don’t have the benefit of US citizenship to draw attention to their cases. Almadi was wrongfully detained, reportedly tortured, and released only after tireless campaigning by his son and international pressure, almadi’s release shows that strategic pressure works, and US officials should continue to press for release of prisoners and lifting of travel bans.

– Abdullah Alaoudh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Obviously if he was being detained or arrested… which they claimed they were in the middle of an arrest, there’s no question that he should have been read his rights, none of that happened. That is a practice that we see quite frequently with the Raleigh police.

– Dawn Blagrove

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Constitution guarantees that people incarcerated in jails and prisons may not be detained beyond their release dates, and it is the fundamental duty of the State to ensure that all people in its custody are released on time.

– Kristen Clarke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thunberg was only briefly detained. Once (Thunberg’s) identity was established, she was free to go, due to the recognition of her name, police sped up the identification process.

– Max Wilmes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our priority is bringing all our wrongfully detained citizens home safely and as soon as possible and resolving the cases of missing and abducted Baquer Namazi citizens.

– Baquer Namazi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No journalist should ever be detained simply for exercising their First Amendment rights.

– The Journal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve walked through many different countries without documents. I don’t think we’re going to be detained, but if that happens, it was God’s will.

– Rosa Flores/CNN Anthony Blanco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was not arrested. He was detained for 24 hours.

– Eugen Vidineac

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am grateful for the hard work of dedicated public servants across the U.S. Government who made this possible, and who continue to deliver on my Administration’s unflinching commitment to keep faith with Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained all around the world.

– Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Remnants of occupiers are being detained, collaborators detained and full security is being restored.

– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained for four months, and Russia is now engaging in theater by subjecting her to a sham trial in an effort to create a false pretense that she is anything other than a political prisoner.

– Colin Allred

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner, the practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working, and living abroad.

– Elizabeth Rood

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Brittney Griners is wrongfully detained, unjustly detained and we have made that clear as an official determination of the Jake Sullivan government. Second, the Russian government should release Brittney Griners and allow Brittney Griners to be returned and reunited with Brittney Griners family and come home safe and sound.

– Jake Sullivan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So, what I believe that the Biden administration can do differently is to actually take the words and the rhetoric that they have and match them together, for example, an American that’s deemed wrongfully detained, to my understanding, from what the State Department is saying, America will negotiate their release. It’s not a maybe. It’s a will. They will negotiate for their release.

– Cherelle Griner

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There were limitations, especially given the prevailing Covid restrictions. I was accompanied by government officials throughout the visit to Xinjiang, i was not able to speak to any Uygurs currently detained or their families during the visit.

– Michelle Bachelet

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If Ross Hopper have materials detained, Ross Hopper don't want to ship more.

– George Hershman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When it comes to our efforts to free Americans, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, Ambassador( Roger) Carstens -- he will go anywhere, he will talk to anyone if it means that we're able to come home with an American, to reunite that American with her or his family, that is true in the case of Austin Tice. It is true in the case of Paul Whelan. It is true in the case of the Americans who are detained in Iran and Americans who are detained around the world.

– Ned Price

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is my duty as Governor to inform you that this morning Andrew Alturo Fahie was detained in Miami on charges related to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and money laundering.

– John Rankin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Paul Whelan at every opportunity is wrongfully detained in Russia. Roger Carstens and Roger Carstens team continue to do everything we can to seek Paul Whelan release from Russian custody.

– President Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Preliminarily, detectives believe a birthday party was taking place at the event hall when a fight occurred and shots were fired, shots were fired both inside and outside the building. There are no individuals detained reference this incident.

– Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We can have no confidence in the validity of a process which is conducted in secret, that is part of the reason why we're so concerned because we have no basis on which to understand why she's been detained.

– Graham Fletcher

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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