The phrase "advocate detained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a legal advocate or representative has been taken into custody or arrested.
Example: "The news reported that the advocate detained during the protest was released after several hours."
Alternatives: "lawyer arrested" or "attorney taken into custody".
Last year, she represented Li Tingting, a women's rights advocate detained in March over a planned protest against sexual harassment on public transportation.
BEIJING — A best-selling Chinese author and democracy advocate detained by security agents on Monday said Tuesday that the agents threatened to imprison him if he proceeded with plans to publish a book criticizing Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister.
Correction: April 15 , 2004 Thursday An article yesterday about the release of a Palestinian rights advocate detained by United States immigration officials since 2002 referred incorrectly to events under way when he was arrested.
Dileepan Sivapathasundaram, the American democracy advocate detained last week, has still not been charged with a crime, according to the National Democratic Institute, the Washington-based organization he works for.
An article yesterday about the release of a Palestinian rights advocate detained by United States immigration officials since 2002 referred incorrectly to events under way when he was arrested.
If he had not spent the last 19 months in detention, blocked from communicating with his wife and the world, he might relish the ridiculousness of the word "quarrel," posting online about the irony of it all: a free speech advocate detained for speaking, a lawyer at risk of being abandoned by the law.
Profiles of some of China's most prominent civil rights advocates detained in a nationwide campaign.
Here are profiles of some of the most notable civil rights advocates detained in the nationwide campaign.
In February, Mr. Hu, the advocate, was detained and held without explanation for six weeks.
My friend and fellow organizer Mohammad Othman, a 34-year-old Palestinian human rights advocate, was detained by Israel on September 22 while returning home from meetings with Norwegian government officials.
His Web site was blocked and he and other advocates were detained more than once for trying to organize rallies.
