Sentence examples for wrongful detention from inspiring English sources

The UN said his trial was seriously flawed and he should be released and compensated for wrongful detention.

A petition filed by children's rights advocates in 2011 contended that 114 adolescents were transferred from Tihar Jail in Delhi to observation homes after their initial wrongful detention.

According to Human Rights Watch, the U.S. government eventually apologized to at least thirteen people for wrongful detention as material witnesses, and released dozens more without charges.

You may recall that they were commissioned following the wrongful detention of Cornelia Rau and wrongful deportation of Vivian Solon, both Australian citizens.

Adding to the debate, the immigration minister, Amanda Vanstone, said there may have been as many as 200 cases of wrongful detention of immigrants in recent years.

Victims seeking compensation for wrongful detention and torture in overseas prisons have been turned away by federal courts because the Obama administration has continued its predecessor's wildly broad claims that such lawsuits divulge state secrets.

A federal lawsuit filed yesterday accuses the Toys RR" Us toy store chain of singling out black customers in a pattern of race-based stops, searches and wrongful detentions.

As scores of federal lawsuits challenging the mass arrests on Aug. 31, 2004, were filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, with plaintiffs claiming wrongful detentions of up to two days and other violations by the police to keep protesters off the streets, the outlines of the extensive covert surveillance operation began to emerge from court records.

As the report points out, informants continue to settle their personal rivalries by feeding false intelligence to international forces, who then conduct operations that result in wrongful detentions, or even death.

Protesters have called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shiite, and railed against authorities for allegedly targeting their community with wrongful detentions and accusations of involvement in terrorism.

The pilot, who had been held by the British for nearly five months, can seek compensation from the British government for wrongful arrest and detention, the court said.