incommunicado

Example Sentences

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The lawsuit, filed by Prison Law Office, American Civil Liberties Union, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice and other advocacy groups, alleged that the facility limited access to lawyers, leaving detainees “largely incommunicado.”

From Los Angeles Times

The two reporters were held for hours incommunicado before being released back into Colombia, the statement said.

From BBC

Several rghts groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defence of detainees.

From Barron's

ICE held her incommunicado for 24 hours and then shuffled her through three states before jailing her in Louisiana.

From Salon

Many of the most prominent have been held "incommunicado", allowed no contact at all with lawyers or relatives for several years.

From BBC