Sentence examples for it detains from inspiring English sources

One has only to look at the treatment Jose Padilla received in the hands of his captors to grasp that this administration has no more respect for the human rights, and dignity, of its citizens than of those it detains in Iraq, or Afghanistan.

The agency pays an average of $122 per day for each immigrant it detains.

Although the government boasts of rising arrests, most of the people it detains are never charged.

The high court has recognised that Australia has responsibility for the people it detains offshore.

The Saudi government does not always make public the names of those it detains.

The Border Patrol keeps a count on non-Mexicans it detains (O.T.M.'s, they're called, for "Other Than Mexican").

Among its findings, the report says that: "The CIA did not conduct a comprehensive or accurate accounting of the number of individuals it detained, and held individuals who did not meet its own legal standard for detention".

Until the end of 2005, Canada turned over prisoners it detained in Afghanistan to the United States military.

Russia claims it detained an Estonian policeman for "intelligence gathering", but Tallinn has accused Moscow of abducting him.

But the Syrian army's insistence that it detain all men of fighting age for questioning as they leave the area has prompted concerns for their safety.

A portion of her ruling suggested that the government could be held in contempt if it detained anyone under that theory.