detainee

n. one who is detained; one who is held for questioning; one who is arrested or imprisoned

Detainee is a controversial term used by certain governments and their military to refer to individuals held in custody, such as those it does not classify and treat as either prisoners of war or suspects in criminal cases. The word came into common usage during and after the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), as the U.S. government's term of choice to describe members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda captured in that war. The U.S. government classifies captured enemy combatants as "detainees" because there is no consensus about whether the combatants are "prisoners of war" under the definition found in the Geneva Convention. The controversy arises because the Geneva Convention protects "prisoners of war" but says nothing about "detainees." Many of the detainees of this war were transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, where they are held to this day. These detainees are allowed a trial, but with strong procedural limitations.
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Noun
1. some held in custody
(synonym) political detainee
(hypernym) prisoner, captive
(derivation) confine, detain

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