The mayor of the town and 30 other persons were illegally detained during this "maneuver."

On the same occasion several hundred people were illegally detained and tortured in prison.

The organization illegally detained the men and one of their wives for eighty-eight days.

The police arrested four sect members for illegally detaining the others.

They have been killed, illegally detained, tortured, raped or recruited to take part in military activities.

Shaka's mother said she may file suit against the city for illegally detaining him.

One young woman who underwent a leucotomy turned out to have been detained illegally for eighteen years.

In the past year, several U.S. citizens were illegally detained by government forces.

A 1991 law provides a fund for compensating prisoners who were illegally detained during the 1976-83 military dictatorship.

Immigration officials say they need to detain asylum seekers to keep them from disappearing and remaining in the country illegally.