Hegseth came out of his own service, in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the seeming conviction that what had stood in the way of a fuller victory in those wars had been the restraints supposedly placed on how soldiers could kill.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Ryan agreed to bring restraints, rope and a knife to the Banfields’ home.
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Independent groups like Human Rights Watch say the Venezuelan government intimidates human rights advocates, arrests and detains protesters and harasses journalists.
Belarus now imprisons 28 journalists as President Lukashenko intensifies a crackdown on press freedom.
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Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Afwerki routinely imprisons his critics and political opponents and has implemented a policy of indefinite mandatory military and national service for residents, which human-rights watchdogs say amounts to slavery.
Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
Baltimore leaders say that 87% of young men enrolled in Roca Baltimore for 24 months have no new incarcerations, while those who stay in the program for three years are 19% less likely to return to a life of crime than other similarly aged men in Maryland.
The detention center, located southwest of San Antonio, has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and immigrant advocates amid a recent increase in family detentions.
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Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
The data shows another 130 detentions during a three-day December surge when then-Border Patrol Cmdr.
Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
In Acts, the disciple Paul endures several imprisonments, turning to God for strength and divine intervention.
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Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
Lusverti added that the list of beneficiaries fails to cover key periods of arbitrary detentions, including cases between 2020 and 2024, and raised concerns that the same courts that ordered the imprisonments are now responsible for administering the amnesty.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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