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There have been a handful of high-profile cases in which indigenous workers were charged with crimes in Oregon and detained for lengthy periods due to communication barriers.
In the early years of the revolution, tens of thousands of people suspected of being unsympathetic to its goals were detained, imprisoned, or sent to labor camps, along with such other “undesirables” as homosexuals and priests.
Jeanne A. Butterfield, executive director of AILA, says it hasn't tried to organize pro bono lawyers for those detained
we strayed into a cool alcove, lingering where the pharmacopeia detained us--ephedra, belladonna, one small gray-barked tree without a label,
The Washington Post shows it knows its way beyond the Beltway, putting Clinton/grand jury as the off-lead and going instead with the news that a suspect has been detained in the Kenya embassy bombing, a story that makes everybody's front page.