Examples of house arrest

• He was under house arrest for some small misdemeanour.

• He had never been the "mover of masses," and his house arrest between 1954 and 1965 did not leave him much opportunity to touch base with members.

• Because children working abroad normally return for only occasional short visits, older people believe that they should go and stay with them for extended periods, despite boredom and 'house arrest'.

• Not only is his oeuvre relatively small but the bulk of it was produced during periods of enforced political inactivity while in detention or under house arrest.

• Many people who are viewed as political dissidents are placed under house arrest and surveillance.

• She has already been freed before and then put under house arrest again.

• She has been under house arrest since 1989.

• It is certainly not an undisturbed election if the leaders of the other political parties are under house arrest or in jail.