illegal detention
Wrongful holding captive
Illegal detention is the unlawful holding of a person against their will, whether by government authorities acting outside legal bounds or by private individuals.
When police hold someone without proper arrest procedures or beyond permitted time limits, that's illegal detention.
The term also covers kidnapping and false imprisonment: The lawsuit alleged illegal detention by border agents.
In international law, it often refers to imprisonment without trial or due process.
- wrongful imprisonmentUnlawful confinement of innocents
- false arrestIllegal detention of someone
- unlawful confinementIllegal restriction of movement
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
- held captiveKept by force
thrown in jail · hostage · captivity · locked away · internment · incarceration · behind bars · abduction · prisoner · cell · shackles · gulag · disappeared · arbitrary arrest · human rights · civil liberties · rights violation · torture
- captivity crimeskidnapping, abduction, false imprisonment, hostage-taking, human trafficking
- police misconductpolice brutality, excessive force, brutality, misconduct, abuse of power
illegal detentionrelease
To let go
freedom · liberty · liberation · emancipation · discharge
illegal detentionhabeas corpus
Writ challenging lawful custody
due process · fair trial · judicial review · arraignment · bail hearing
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