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civilian internee |
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1. A civilian who is interned during armed conflict or occupation for security reasons or for protection or because he or she has committed an offense against the detaining power. 2. A term used to refer to persons interned and protected in accordance with the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 12 August 1949 (Geneva Convention). Also called CI. See also prisoner of war. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| His team located 143 French civilian internees at Naung Kai, 14 French internees at Vientiane, and eight French internees at Thakhek, supplying all with medical supplies and special food items for the numerous children held in the camps. Of about 100,000 Dutch and Dutch Eurasian civilian internees in NEI, de Jong estimates that one in six did not survive (p. Civilian Internee Mail Postage Free Miss Mary McMillan--American Internee Interned by Japan Formerly of Shanghai Care of Japanese Red Cross Tokyo, Japan. |
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