"If Mr Snowden is at risk of being detained under the sort of conditions that Bradley Manning has reportedly been detained, which the UN special rapporteurs have said amounted to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment... then Hong Kong would not be allowed under its law, and could not extradite him to the US".
People without access to visas, however, have been seeking asylum, even at the risk of being detained for months.
Those without permission to work cobble together off-the-books jobs, which puts them at risk of being detained for months or deported.
In March, the state department issued a warning noting that Iranian-Americans were particularly at risk of being detained or imprisoned if they travelled to Iran.
In fact, nothing is ever done about the opinions expressed there, except that anyone who has said anything too critical runs the risk of being detained, imprisoned, or tortured.
The indictments likely won't result in extraditions or convictions, but does make it difficult for the alleged ransomware authors to travel freely — running the risk of being detained in a country that has an extradition policy with the U.S. Savandi and Mansouri remain wanted by the FBI.
They estimate that about 122 DACA recipients lose protections each day, putting them at risk of being detained and deported.
Many of Al-Amin's volunteers have been picked up in this latest wave of detentions, and last month, Al-Amin was warned that he should not go to Uganda, because he was at risk of being detained himself.
"It's a really dreadful journey so I think it's really a sign of desperation, particularly for Eritreans making that choice, because of the risk of being detained in Libya," said Leslie Lefkow of Human Rights Watch.
"With this very modest protection of getting a bond hearing within six months in place, all individuals at risk of being detained under the Trump administration's new policies will have a day in court".
