punitive detention

  • 1DETENTION — In the Bible The Torah does not recognize the use of imprisonment as a punishment for criminal offenses (see imprisonment ), but it explicitly mentions the placing of a person in detention as part of the procedure of making a legal determination… …

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  • 2Immigration detention — is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival, and those subject to deportation and removal in detention until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release… …

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  • 3Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center — Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, also known by its initials CPDRC, is a maximum security prison in Cebu, in Cebu Province, Philippines. Byron F. Garcia the official security advisor to the Cebu government who was assigned as… …

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  • 4Al-Kateb v Godwin — Infobox Court Case name=Al Kateb v Godwin court=High Court of Australia date decided=6 August 2004 full name=Al Kateb v Godwin Ors citations=Cite Case AU|HCA|37|2004, (2004) 219 CLR 562; 208 ALR 124 transcripts=Cite Case AU|HCATrans|456|2003,… …

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  • 5The Lexington Principles on the Rights of Detainees — Infobox document document name = Draft Lexington Principles on the Rights of Detainees date created = September 25, 2008 location of document = Lexington, Virginia, U.S.A. writer = The Lexington Principles Project, Transnational Law Institute,… …

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  • 6National Human Rights Action Plan — The National Human Rights Action Plan of the People s Republic of China is the first ever document published by the Information Office of the State Council to promise Chinese citizens more legal protection, better livelihoods and greater… …

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  • 8IMPRISONMENT — IMPRISONMENT, the act of depriving a person of his liberty by restricting his freedom of movement and confining him within a particular defined locality, where he is under the direct and constant supervision of the confining authority. This form… …

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  • 9Mau Mau Uprising — Mau Mau redirects here. For other uses, see Mau Mau (disambiguation). Mau Mau Uprising Date 1952–1960 Location Colony of Kenya Result British military victory …

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  • 10Gulag — For other uses, see Gulag (disambiguation). The integrated map of the Gulag camps, which existed from 1923 to 1961, based on data from the Human Rights Society «Memorial» …

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