Quotes about detentions (14 Quotes)

The detentions will continue today, tomorrow and the day after,

The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by the army. China continues to provide military equipment.

Recent information from ongoing investigations, detentions, and emerging-threat streams strongly suggests that al-Qaeda has considered using the southwest border to infiltrate the United States. Several al Qaeda leaders believe operatives can pay their way into the country through Mexico and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons.

There's been no specific increased activity. We make detentions and seizures all the time.

There is no doubt that the detentions are the first steps toward justice. This is the beginning. God willing, the truth will emerge.

The problem is that, first of all, the investigations, and detentions, and arrests were conducted with massive violations of procedural rules of international standards. And, the second is that the government does its best to avoid investigations and findings of guilt of servicemen local police and troops who participated in the massacre.

They have been responsible for serious crimes like illegal detentions, torture, and killings, and they appear to be operating with complete impunity.

This report by the U.S. government provides a thorough review of today's human rights practices around the globe, except for one glaring omission -- its own record. The United States government considers itself a moral leader on human rights issues, but its record of indefinite and arbitrary detentions, secret 'black sites' and outsourced torture in the 'war on terror' turns it from leader to human rights violator.

These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.

This is simply unacceptable, ... Through these detentions the U.S. military gives every impression that it is not accountable. That's a bad example to give the citizens of an emerging democracy.

If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.

Hearings on secret CIA detentions and rendition of terrorist suspects should be held in the U.S. Congress as well.

His rebels' human rights record is poor because of the lack of accountability, ... That has led to a lot of abuses that have never been punished, including summary executions, disappearances, prolonged arbitrary detentions, corrupt transactions and the taking of food from civilians.

While we have protested this, the government of Eritrea still has not given us any official reason for these detentions.