This was said to justify his detention without trial in civilian courts.

Apparently, there was no legitimate reason justifying these people's detention.

Officials have justified his detention by saying he is considered to be an enemy combatant.

He was not allowed to defend himself at the Potemkin hearing held to justify his detention.

The lie was broadcast around the world, and used to justify his indefinite detention without trial.

Kalashnikova said that the authorities justified her detention as being because she had been "aggressive".

"Sufficient evidence exists to justify their detention - the testimony of the relatives, the neighbors."

These laws justify preventive detention and encourage to extract confessions by any method.

Moreover, if subsequently called upon to justify a person's detention or other actions to control him, the foreign material can be relied upon.

We've heard the term "enemy combatants" used to justify indefinite detention without due process, and assassination.