Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply mean imprisonment, it tends to refer to preventive confinement, rather than confinement "after" having been convicted of some crime. Use of these terms is subject to debate and political sensitivities. 

Interned persons may be held in prisons or in facilities known as internment camps. In certain contexts, these may also be known either officially or pejoratively, as concentration camps. 

Internment also refers to a neutral country's practice of detaining belligerent armed forces and equipment on its territory during times of war under the Hague Convention of 1907. 

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights restricts the use of internment. Article 9 states that "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile." 

The "American Heritage Dictionary" defines the term "concentration camp" as: "A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group the government has identified as suspect." 

The United States set up concentration camps for Cherokee and other Native Americans in the 1830s. In 1864, the U.S. government forced 8,000 Navajos to walk more than 300 miles at gunpoint from their ancestral homelands in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico to an internment camp in Bosque Redondo, a desolate tract on the Pecos River in eastern New Mexico. From 1863 to 1868, the U.S. Military persecuted and imprisoned 9,500 Navajo and 500 Mescalero Apache. Living under armed guards, more than 3,500 Navajo and Mescalero Apache men, women, and children died from starvation and disease. Adolf Hitler admired the U.S. actions toward Native Americans, and in a 1928 speech he praised Americans for having "gunned down the millions of Redskins to a few hundred thousand, and now keep the modest remnant under observation in a cage." QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What does internment mean?
2. What is the definition of internment?
3. How can internment be defined?
Q2:
1. What is the term internment especially used for?
2. What is a pertinent aspect of the definition of internment?
3. What context is the word internment often reserved for?
Q3:
1. What is stated in Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
2. What does the 9th article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights demand?
3. What is guaranteed by Article nine of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Q4:
1. What does internment refer to in neutral countries?
2. In countries that are neutral, what does internment mean?
3. How is internment defined in countries that are neutral?
Q5:
1. Where are people often interned?
2. What is the name of the place where people are often interned?
3. What is the standard place for confining people?
Q6:
1. What is a concentration camp, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary?
2. What definition does the American Heritage Dictionary give of concentration camps?
3. How does the American Heritage Dictionary describe what a concentration camp is?
Q7:
1. Does internment usually refer to preventative confinement rather than that of someone convicted of something?
2. Do we usually use internment to mean preventative confinement as opposed to confinement after conviction of something?
3. Is internment a word that more refers to preventative confinement as opposed to confining someone convicted of something?
Q8:
1. Can the term internment be polemical?
2. Are there any cultural and political controversies surrounding the use of the term internent?
3. Can calling something an internment be subject to debate and political sensibilities?
Q9:
1. What nation set up concentration camps in the 1830s?
2. Where were concentration camps used in the 1830s?
3. What country had concentration camps during the 1830s?
Q10:
1. Was anyone persecuted by the US Military from 1863 to 1868?
2. Did the US Military act unjustly towards anyone between 1863 and 1868?
3. From 1863-1868, did the United States Military treat any populations unjustly?
