Sentence examples for held on security from inspiring English sources

The emir, Sheik Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, who succeeded his father as Bahrain's ruler in March 1999, said the amnesty covered hundreds of "prisoners and detainees held on security issues," including those already freed, as well as opposition members living abroad.

Barely noticed amid the fanfare surrounding the announcement of an end to US combat operations in Iraq, in July the US also handed the last of some 10,000 prisoners held on security grounds to the Iraqi authorities – though the US will continue to hold about 200 detainees deemed to be "high-risk".

"This is part of a propaganda and hostage-taking effort by Iranian intelligence to secure the release of Iranians abroad being held on security-related charges".

"Let's just pass this one bill, just hold on defending Social Security or Medicare lets do one small thing for the environment and oppose that bill".

We need to hold on to the issue of security.

Still, Mr. Alger hopes that selling some of his land will give him the financial security to hold on to the rest.

Some gay friends he'd confided in had told him that he should stick with what he had and hold on to that companionship, the security he had attained, and just have gay affairs on the side.

In some cases, people detained as terrorism suspects were held on Social Security fraud charges, which are easier to prove.

The unexplained detention of Li Shaomin, a naturalized citizen, follows several other incidents in which Chinese-born scholars with United States ties have been held on vague security grounds.

On the morning of July 25th, an alert went out from the U.S. Attorney's Office to members of the news media: "1 P.M. — A press conference will be held on a securities fraud matter".

One time, I escaped while being held on maximum-security remand by feigning a leg injury the day before a court appearance.