By ROBERT F. WORTH
The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch illustrates the pitfalls of closing the detention center.
"We have contacted Japanese police and will provide necessary legal assistance to Tashi Tsering. When his 48-hour detention incommunicado is lifted, our representative in Japan will visit him," Phoebe Yeh, acting spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, said.
Cellmate Describes Pain of Detainee Who Died
By NINA BERNSTEINComplaints about health care at a detention center in Rhode Island that are similar to accounts of how the center treated a Chinese New Yorker who died in immigration custody.
By NINA BERNSTEINComplaints about health care at a detention center in Rhode Island that are similar to accounts of how the center treated a Chinese New Yorker who died in immigration custody.
cellmate
(sĕl'māt')
n.同室獄友
A person with whom one shares a cell, especially in a prison.
detainverb [T often passive]
1 to force someone officially to stay in a place:
A suspect has been detained by the police for further questioning.
Several of the injured were detained overnight in hospital.
2 to delay someone for a short length of time:
I'm sorry I'm late - I was unavoidably detained.
detainee
noun [C]
a person who has been officially ordered to stay in a prison or similar place, especially for political reasons:
a political detainee
detention
noun
1 [U] when someone is officially detained:
Concern has been expressed about the death in detention of a number of political prisoners.
2 [C or U] a form of punishment in which school children are made to stay at school for a short time after classes have ended:
She's had four detentions this term.
detention centre UK, US detention center noun [C]
1 a type of prison where young people can be kept for short periods of time
2 a place where people who have entered a country without the necessary documents can be kept for short periods of time
detention incommunicado
in・com・mu・ni・ca・do
━━ a. 伝達手段なしの［に］; 外部との連絡を断たれて.
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