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Those who venture disrespect risk detention, suspension and the kind of old-style dressing down that Dr. Poteat sometimes received when he attended Chester High in the late 1960's.

When Chinese citizens travel to Beijing seeking redress from higher authorities for local government abuses they risk detention in makeshift "black jails", where they are sometimes beaten before being sent home.

The U.S. State Department has warned against travel to the North, however, and visitors, especially those from America, who break the country's sometimes murky rules risk detention, arrest and possible jail sentences, although most have eventually been released.

When gay rights activists risk detention by police for publishing a magazine In January it was reported that gay rights activists in Uganda had risked death threats, threats of violence and detention by the police to publish a magazine which aimed to "share the realities of being gay" in the country.

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Although the protests were timed to coincide with International Women's Day on March 8, the women may have been detained for another reason: China is currently in the midst of the annual National People's Congress, a multi-week political bonanza during which Chinese activists must tread particularly carefully or risk detention.

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According to Philippine media, the prison is a high-risk detention facility housing members of various extremist groups, including Abu Sayyaf, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the New People's army.

Iraqis have until Sunday to hand over the weapons without risking detention.

"If he returns to Uzbekistan, he risks detention and death by torture," she said.

A reporter cannot venture out into the city or the countryside independently without risking detention or compromising the safety of any North Korean who coöperates.

Gay rights activists in Uganda have also risked detention by police while also facing death threats for publishing a magazine sharing the stories of the country's LGBTI community.

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