#detention

I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off. ↗

— Maggie Grace

#detention #fit #get #i #legs

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#any #arbitrary #china #clearly #crush

Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review. ↗

— Otto Schily

#arresting #court #dangerous #decision #deportation

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#democratic #democratic system #detention #foreign #more

I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once. ↗

— Amanda Holden

#ears #got #had #i #more