Civil liberties Quote by Prashant Bhushan

In England and, later, the United Kingdom, Habeas Corpus is a right of great antiquity: Anyone who is arrested must be brought before a…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or to some…

— Nat Hentoff

Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from…

— Greg Mortenson

Our country is wounded and bleeding now if we don't know whether or not habeas corpus exists.

— Keith Olbermann

Reports about very innocent people being thrown into detention, where they could be held for years without any representation or charges, is distressing.

— Dana Perino

“Really, some cases shouldn’t even smell the court room. Screw Habaeus Corpus, lock up the criminal and have the keys thrown away.”

— S. A. David

Detention without trial is history in Malaysia.

— Najib Razak

I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I…

— Nelson Mandela

Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases. He remained in jail in Multan. He remained in jail in Bannu. But we…

— Asma Jahangir

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son…

— Eskinder Nega

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen.

— Joseph Estrada

That Mujib [Rahiman] had been arrested I found out at eight in the morning, when I left. How did I take it? I was…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto