incommunicado
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But instead of walking out of prison, his wife said, he was transferred to a high-security facility and held incommunicado.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Several rghts groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defence of detainees.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
Earlier this year, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and his Ugandan counterpart Agather Atuhaire were detained in Tanzania and held incommunicado for days before being abandoned at their respective national borders.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
Since 1963, she has remained incommunicado, and according to sources, even her family is unaware of her whereabouts.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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