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Bookmark or Share- Wrongful Detention - United States Department of StateHostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law.
- U.S. Government Response to Wrongful DetentionEvery wrongful detention is different, and there is no pre-determined way to secure the safe release of a person who has been wrongfully detained overseas. With this in mind, you and your U.S. government team will review and consider a range of options over the course of the detention.
- Hostage & Wrongful Detainee Criteria - Foley FoundationThe Foley Foundation considers the detention of an American to be unlawful or wrongful** based on criteria found in the Robert Levinson Hostage-Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act adopted into law in December 2020.
- What does ‘wrongfully detained’ mean? - The New York TimesGenerally, an American who is held by a foreign government for the purposes of influencing U.S. policy or extracting political or economic concessions from Washington is considered “wrongfully...
- As US brings home large numbers of jailed Americans, some families are ...By any standard, the past 18 months have been remarkable for getting wrongfully detained Americans home. There were major swaps with adversaries like Iran and Russia, including one that secured the freedom of WNBA star Brittney Griner, and a large prisoner exchange just last month with Venezuela.
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