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She has been repeatedly arrested without charge, tear-gassed during meetings of the united opposition movement, and had her passport confiscated to prevent her leaving the country.

He agreed to remain at the disposal of the Spanish judiciary, but it was unclear whether his passport was confiscated to prevent him from leaving the country, according to a person briefed on the matter.

"Reports suggest that workers have been denied access to free drinking water in extreme heat, have been unpaid for months and have had their passports confiscated to prevent them from leaving the country.

"One could not rule out the possibility that politicians may wish to get their hands on gold," he said, pointing to what happened in the United States in 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered gold confiscated to prevent hoarding during the Great Depression.

In fact, Manson created so much arachnid artwork that it had to be confiscated to prevent it from being sold as murder memorabilia.

About 50 militia members, on foot and on motorbike, moved toward the university, chanting, "Hezbollah," or "Party of God". In a campaign that began after a week of pro-democracy protests in June, authorities arrested hundreds of student organizers, and satellite dishes were confiscated to help prevent Wednesday's anniversary from triggering widespread unrest.

Often, at preview screenings, viewers have their cell phones confiscated beforehand, to prevent piracy, but when I saw "Cloverfield" we were allowed to keep them with us.

The government has also given police new powers to confiscate passports, to prevent people travelling abroad to join militants.

His father, a taxi-driver, had confiscated his passport to prevent precisely this from happening, so Ahmed decided to get himself smuggled across the border.

Then he delivers an extra jolt — the joints are fastened with shoelaces, an item confiscated from prisoners to prevent them from hanging themselves.

In recent surveys, 30percentt of foreign migrant workers questioned have complained that their employers confiscated their passports to prevent them from quitting their jobs, said Wu secretarysecretary general of the Joint Committee for Migrant Workers in Korea, an advocacy group.