Plainly, even if never beaten, assaulted or mistreated in prison, the victim suffers a deprivation of liberty that is manifestly physical.

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Another student, Pathuxolo Manana, 22, says he does not believe Ms Semenya was mistreated or had her rights "violated".

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McAllester said they were questioned by Iraqi intelligence officials who suspected they may have been American spies, something they adamantly denied, but they were not physically mistreated or abused.

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They can challenge the findings of that review, but they cannot go to court and say they were mistreated or they're not an enemy combatant, or this, that or the other.

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There are options if you were mistreated or misclassified.

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"A year after their trial started, two years after the alleged incidents, these medics have finally been vindicated after being mistreated or tortured in custody, " Brian Dooley of Human Rights First told the BBC.

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Typically, we see a former employee in public service or private industry who feels mistreated and wronged.

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Can a court order release into the U.S. if a detainee cannot be transferred to his home country, either because it won't accept him or because we fear he might be mistreated upon his return?

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The rules should work to protect ordinary people, some of whom have been terribly mistreated by the press, rather than being drawn up to make the media or politicians happy, he added.

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