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After Kazakhstan Unrest, Relatives Await Detainees’ Release

January 13, 2022
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan—With about 12,000 people arrested after anti-government protests in Kazakhstan last week, friends and relatives of those held by police waited outside a jail Wednesday, hoping to learn their fate. Some even went to morgues to see if a loved one was among the scores killed in the unprecedented violence in the Central Asian…

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GOP Congressmen Schedule News Conference at Justice Department to Demand Answers on Jan. 6 Detainees

July 26, 2021
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Members of Congress who have been pressing federal law enforcement officials unsuccessfully for months about the conditions and treatment of hundreds of Jan. 6 Capitol riot detainees will take their case to the doors of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday. They also want to know why federal law enforcement authorities were warned weeks…

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Department of Justice Treats Jan. 6 Detainees With Double Standard: Conservative Legal Activists

July 7, 2021
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Two high-profile conservative legal activists claim the Department of Justice (DOJ) is using a double standard in its treatment of those detained regarding the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, compared to those who were arrested during the rioting following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. More than 500 individuals have been…

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Jan. 6 Detainees Confined 23 Hours a Day, Attorneys Say

July 5, 2021
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Dozens detained in federal prison awaiting trial following the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building are being subject to solitary confinement, lack of required medical care, and restricted access to defense counsel, according to two attorneys and the father of a defendant. Of the close to 500 arrests made so far in connection…

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