Sentence examples for time detained from inspiring English sources

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The average time detained has jumped dramatically, from an average of 72 days in July 2013 to 445 days in January 2016.

He spent some time detained as a teen soldier and later escaped to Somalia.

About five percent are detained for over a year, with a few at any one time detained for several years.

About 5percentt are detained for over a year, with a few at any one time detained for several years.

"I was convinced I'd be gone in one week," said Paul when I met him at Heathrow, near Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres where he had spent much of his time detained.

This means apprehended immigrants can expect to spend even more time detained, with some immigrants likely choosing to be quickly returned to their home countries rather than languishing behind bars.

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Since the site was founded in 2006, he has been questioned 17 times, detained twice, received death threats and suffered a mysterious car accident.

The memo contains the number of times detained al Qaeda members were waterboarded.

Jalil spoke with difficulty at times and said his mind was not clear after being beaten unconscious four times while detained.

In March, four journalists for The New York Times were detained under similar circumstances in eastern Libya.

Another long-time activist detained on April 27 in Xinyu for calling on officials to disclose their assets, Wei Zhongping, also faces criminal charges of subversion, the rights group Chinese Human Rights Defenders said.

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