Sentence examples for detained on grounds from inspiring English sources

"There has been gradual release of political prisoners who were detained on grounds of opposition to the results of the controversial elections of 2009," she writes.

Whether or not they should be released would depend, for example, on whether there were still legitimate penological grounds for their continued detention and whether they should continue to be detained on grounds of dangerousness.

Sheikh Abdullah remained the prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir until August 1953, when he was dismissed by the central government and detained on grounds of conspiracy against the state of India.

The five men were detained on administrative grounds by the immigration service, officials said.

At the peak of detentions, more than 50 people were arbitrarily detained on secret grounds.

By late Friday, Mr. Musharraf was being detained on the grounds of the Islamabad police headquarters, in a guesthouse that is normally used to house visiting police officers.

One British source said: "David asked the ambassador to tell his government that Britain is demanding the immediate release of everyone detained on political grounds.

There has been a gradual release of political prisoners who were detained on the grounds of opposition to the results of the controversial elections of 2009.

But Amnesty says: "The number of people detained on political grounds over the past six months is likely to be in the thousands".

A protester arrested and detained on the grounds of breach of the peace unsuccessfully challenged the UK Government's legislation at the European Court of Justice.

Until then, it had formed part of Australia's "onshore detention" program, and held a mix of asylum seekers and those detained on character grounds.