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Zhang was first arrested in Mexico last October and granted house arrest while awaiting a court hearing for his extradition to the US.
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The outlet reported that at the time of the request, Epstein was under house arrest following his release from jail and his bank accounts were being monitored.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Jafar Panahi Productions Director Jafar Panahi has been arrested, jailed, put on house arrest and even banned from filmmaking by Iranian officials.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Matthiessen contextualizes their demands within the history of colonial violence, and persuasively argues for the release of Peltier, who spent nearly fifty years behind bars before his sentence was commuted to house arrest by President Joe Biden, this past January.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The outlet reported that at the time of the request, Epstein was under house arrest following his release from jail and his bank accounts were being monitored.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Jafar Panahi Productions Director Jafar Panahi has been arrested, jailed, put on house arrest and even banned from filmmaking by Iranian officials.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Matthiessen contextualizes their demands within the history of colonial violence, and persuasively argues for the release of Peltier, who spent nearly fifty years behind bars before his sentence was commuted to house arrest by President Joe Biden, this past January.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20arrest. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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