I believe the reason for the last- minute reversal was that the camp still held Soviet citizens imprisoned for political crimes.

It also passed a second decree freeing the citizens imprisoned by the commission.

The couple said their biggest worry now is for non-American citizens imprisoned without trial, on suspicion of supporting terrorism.

Among the areas are "releasing and providing an acceptable accounting for Chinese citizens imprisoned or detained for the nonviolent expression of their political and religious beliefs."

Allegations of torture and kidnapping are common whereas the number of Haitian citizens imprisoned without trial is huge.

Yusef Abbas (born c. 1980, Aksu) is a Chinese citizen currently imprisoned in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Now Palos either had to reimburse the royal treasury or see its citizens imprisoned.

The mid-1930s witnessed the peak of persecution of perceived political enemies, with millions of Soviet citizens imprisoned and hundreds of thousands executed.

The State Department is committed to ensuring fair and humane treatment for American citizens imprisoned overseas.

The Human Rights Watch today reports the very latest atrocity in this never-ending story: 60 citizens imprisoned and official, residential and commercial buildings destroyed.