Arbitrary arrest and detention
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+ | '''Arbitrary arrest''' and '''arbitrary detention''' are the [[arrest]] or [[detention (imprisonment)|detention]] of an individual in a case in which there is no likelihood or [[evidence]] that they committed a [[crime]] against [[statute|legal statute]], or in which there has been no proper [[due process]] of law. | ||
- | A '''police state''' is a [[State (polity)|state]] in which the [[government]] exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the population. A police [[State (polity)|state]] typically exhibits elements of [[totalitarianism]] and [[social control]], and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of [[political power]] by the [[executive (government)|executive]]. | ||
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- | * [[Arbitrary arrest and detention]] | + | * [[Administrative detention]] |
- | * [[Counterintelligence state]] | + | * [[Contempt of cop]] |
- | * [[Dictatorship]] | + | * [[Extrajudicial detention]] |
- | * [[Martial law]], the suspension of normal civil law during periods of emergency | + | * [[Extrajudicial punishment]] |
- | * [[Military dictatorship]] | + | * [[Forced disappearance]] |
- | * [[Rechtsstaat]] (German) | + | * [[Habeas corpus]] |
- | * [[Surveillance state]] | + | * [[Human rights]] |
- | * [[List of countries by incarceration rate]] | + | * [[International human rights law]] |
- | * [[Government]] | + | * [[Kettling]] |
+ | * [[Lettre de cachet]] | ||
+ | * [[Mass arrest]] | ||
+ | * [[Preemptive arrest]] | ||
+ | * [[Preventive detention]] | ||
+ | * [[Secret police]] | ||
+ | * [[Working Group on Arbitrary Detention]] | ||
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Arbitrary arrest and arbitrary detention are the arrest or detention of an individual in a case in which there is no likelihood or evidence that they committed a crime against legal statute, or in which there has been no proper due process of law.
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See also
- Administrative detention
- Contempt of cop
- Extrajudicial detention
- Extrajudicial punishment
- Forced disappearance
- Habeas corpus
- Human rights
- International human rights law
- Kettling
- Lettre de cachet
- Mass arrest
- Preemptive arrest
- Preventive detention
- Secret police
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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