French police on Tuesday arrested three political dissidents for their outspoken opposition to the recent call for elections. *
| IDEA Code | 2121 |
| Name | Political arrests |
| Description | Arrests and detentions, explicitly characterized as political. |
| Usage Notes | |
| Example |
French police on Tuesday arrested three political dissidents for their outspoken opposition to the recent call for elections. *
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| Example Notes | French police are the source actors for this event coding because they are the agents doing the arresting. All source actors coded to this event will be government agents authorized by the state to arrest or detain (e.g., police, military, customs agents, and the like). Consistent with this example, the target of this event will always be a human actor. Should the target of the interaction be a thing or place, the event should be coded to Arrest and detention. |
| Comments |
| * Source = blue, Event = red and Target = green |