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Cheat Sheet: Held Hostage vs. Wrongfully Detained

President Biden declared Brittney Griner was "wrongfully detained" in Russia. But what does that mean? Why is she not a hostage held by a foreign state?

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Adriano Contreras

and Amira Castilla

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