internees in English

noun
1
a person who is confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.
During the war, there were six efforts by internees or prisoners to exercise the writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court in Honolulu.

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1. An adequate number of air raid shelters for the use of internees must be built in every camp.

2. Six thousand British Indian troops were sent into the city on 25 October to evacuate European internees and within three days fighting began.

3. Why Was Irma Grese, the Beast of Belsen, so Hated? Nazi camp guard Irma Grese, who reveled in the torture and murder of internees, was, at 22, the youngest war criminal hanged.

4. A 1967 human rights report from the Organization of American States found that over 30,000 internees are "forced to work for free in state farms from 10 to 12 hours a day, from sunrise to sunset, seven days per week, poor alimentation with rice and spoiled food, unhealthy water, unclean plates, congested barracks, no electricity, latrines, no showers, inmates are given the same treatment as political prisoners."