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Unable to speak to his son for nine months, Mr Ibrahim has only heard accounts of his detention through court documents and says his son was forced to confess.

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In Morocco, protesters won some pledges for social reforms, including improvement to health care and education, but by the end of October, more than 2,400 people -- including over 1,400 in detention -- faced prosecution.

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They are now being held in separate detention facilities.

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He will begin serving his sentence in a federal police jail cell in the capital, Brasilia, where he has been detained since Saturday after being deemed a flight risk and removed from home detention.

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The prime minister uploaded a video of his antics to Instagram, with the caption: "I think I just got myself put in detention..."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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