House arrest

In justice and law, house arrest is the situation where a person is confined (by the authorities) to his or her residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is a lenient alternative to prison time.

Notable instances

Algeria

• Ahmed Ben Bella

Former President of Algeria deposed by Houari Boumédiènne in 1965, went to exile in 1980.

Related Topics:
President of Algeria - Houari Boumédiènne

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Burma

• Aung San Suu Kyi,

Pro-democracy activist, has been under house arrest for extended periods.

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• Ne Win

Former military commander of Burma.

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He was deposed in 1988 and put under house arrest in 2001.

Related Topics:
1988 - 2001

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Cambodia

• Pol Pot

Former Premier of Cambodia. He was deposed when Vietnam attacked Cambodia in 1978.

Related Topics:
Vietnam - 1978

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Chile

• In January 5, 2005, former dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest by orders of the Supreme Court of Chile.

People's Republic of China

• Zhao Ziyang, purged Communist Chinese leader, was put under house arrest for the last 16 years of his life after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. His movements had to be approved by the Communist Party of China's Central Office, which only allowed him to travel quietly to different places inside China and to play golf.
• Jiang Yanyong, physician who revealed SARS incident in China. He was put under house arrest after request the government to investigate the June 4 Tiananmen incident.

Egypt

• Muhammad Naguib

Former President of Egypt. He led a military coup in 1953 and deposed the former King Farouk. He was in turn deposed by Gamal Nasser in 1954.

Related Topics:
President of Egypt - King Farouk - Gamal Nasser - 1954

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Indonesia

• Ahmed Sukarno

First President of Indonesia. He was deposed in 1967 by General Suharto,

Related Topics:
President of Indonesia - 1967 - General Suharto

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Iran

• Mohammed Mossadeq

Former Premier of Iran.

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Was deposed in 1953.

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Italy

• Galileo Galilei was sentenced to house arrest by the Roman Inquisition in 1633 and remained until his death in 1642.

Pakistan

• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Former Premier and President of Pakistan.

Related Topics:
Premier - President of Pakistan

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He was deposed in 1977 in a military coup led by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq he was put to trial and hanged later in 1979.

Related Topics:
1977 - Military coup - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

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Tunisia

• Habib Bourguiba

Former President of Tunisia. He was deposed in an military coup in 1987.

Related Topics:
President of Tunisia - 1987

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United States

• Riddick Bowe, a former boxing champion, was sentenced to be under brief house arrest after being released from prison.
• Lionel Tate was sentenced under one-year house arrest under the terms of the plea bargain offered in January 2004.
• Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months of house arrest following her release from prison on March 4, 2005.
• Rapper and music producer Dr. Dre spent time under host arrest. He told VH1's "Behind the Music," "The walls started to cave in on me."

USSR

• Former Premier Nikita Khrushchev was placed under house arrest for the seven years before his death after being deposed in 1964.

United Kingdom

• Provision to detain terrorist suspects under house arrest without trial has been made possible by the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005; 10 men are currently (March 2005) under house arrest or other "Control Orders" under the Act http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4342717.stm.