internment

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Third, the military collapse of the caliphate 10 years ago didn’t result only in its territorial disappearance; it also led to the internment of several thousand jihadists fanatical to the point of madness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The overt racism and grotesque unfairness of Japanese-American internment eventually provoked some degree of societal reckoning, if only years later.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2025

Mr Gallagher reminded the court that Mr Adams was released from internment without trial to attend peace talks with the British government in 1972.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

Today, under the law of war, civilians are supposed to have protections, including against citizenship- or identity-based detentions or internment, as well as against forced repatriation.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2025

Like Jeanne Wakatski, my family was also stripped of everything we owned and placed in an internment camp.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers