Sentence examples for detain from inspiring English sources

The governor of Hebron, Kamel Hmeid, said the men had been "executed" by Israel, whose forces made no attempt to detain or interrogate them.

At Homan Square, a nondescript warehouse on the city's west side, police arrest or detain people for hours without booking or otherwise posting public notifications of their whereabouts, preventing their relatives knowing where they are.

Enables the home secretary to indefinitely detain, without charge or trial, foreign nationals who are suspected of terrorism.

Their residency permit is then cancelled and orders are issued to detain and deport them.

Updated at 6.49pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.23pm BST17:23 Late afternoon summary Theresa May, the home secretary, strongly defended the right of police to detain David Miranda at Heathrow airport.

Cooper also wants May to explain why schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act was used to detain Miranda.

The delayed notification search warrant provisions are part of the Abbott government's second national security bill, which aims to make it easier to detain and prosecute terrorism suspects and investigate such offences.

Julian Huppert, a Lib Dem MP and a party spokesman on home affairs, has indicated that the Lib Dems favour curbing the terrorist laws such as the one used to detain Miranda.

Unless they are being used for the specified purpose of determining whether the detained person fills the definition of "terrorist" under section 40(1)(b) then the power to detain and question cannot be lawfully used.

The Metropolitan police saying that the use of schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act to detain Miranda for almost nine hours was "legally and procedurally sound".

But the speech did not detain them more than five minutes.