Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.

Several other members were killed in extrajudicial detention in Libya during the 1980s.

The pair describe being held in extrajudicial detention following the invasion, together with a large number of foreigners.

Pakistani officials deny any involvement in extrajudicial detentions or any knowledge of the men's whereabouts.

Camp three is one of the camps that held detainees classified as "enemy combatants in extrajudicial detention."

Ahmed spent months in extrajudicial detention as claims surfaced that he was being tortured.

They were set free after several months of extrajudicial detention.

Hansen is notable for his wide publications on military justice and the treatment of the captive held in extrajudicial detention by the Bush Presidency.

He was held in extrajudicial detention in American custody for almost six years.

Its purpose is to prevent the state from holding prisoners in extrajudicial detention.