Sentence examples for detained for supporting from inspiring English sources

Amnesty International and Transparency International Georgia have cited numerous cases in which opposition activists were beaten, intimidated or detained for supporting Mr. Saakashvili's political rival, the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, and his "Georgian Dream" coalition.

Mr. Abd El Fattah's father, a human rights lawyer, reminded Ahram Online that his son and Mr. Saber "were both detained for supporting the independence of the judiciary in 2006".

On Sunday, the base commander, General Bekir Ercan Van, and nine other Turkish officers at Incirlik were detained for allegedly supporting the coup.

And at least 4,500 people have been detained for their support for anti-Government organizations.

Farhan, who was educated in the United States and owns a computer programming company, had said before his arrest that an Interior Ministry official warned him that he would be detained for his online support of a group of men, including Rushoodi, arrested in February 2007.

He also said that Sri Lanka officers detained and beat him for supporting a Tamil political candidate, and the country's intelligence officers later kidnapped and tortured him.

Sotoudeh's supporters say that she has been detained for speaking out in support of her clients.

During the year after 9/11, when hundreds of Pakistanis were detained for immigration violations, he founded COPO, to support the detainees and their families.

She has been detained for two weeks over claims that she supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

While security sources initially said the journalists were being detained for filming without government accreditation, they have since been accused of supporting the so-called Islamic State (IS).

Among those he once counted on for support is Ai Weiwei, the internationally known artist detained for nearly three months this year during a broad crackdown on liberal intellectuals.