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Meanings of extra-judicial execution in English

Russian
внесудебное убийство
Portuguese
execução extrajudicial
Spanish
asesinato extrajudicial
Catalan
execució extrajudicial

Intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process.

        Related terms
        внесудебное убийство
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        Examples for "extra-judicial killing"
        Examples for "extra-judicial killing"
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        The phrase extra-judicial killing is a euphemism.
        The Guardian
        2
        Indian soldiers and Pakistan-backed guerrillas fought a war rife with accusations of torture, forced disappearances and extra-judicial killing.
        The Guardian
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        It will make reference to ' extra-judicial killing' and the fact that these passports were used, one diplomatic source said.
        Reuters
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        It will make reference to ' extra-judicial killing' and the fact that these passports were used, one of the sources said.
        Reuters
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        I know that throughout the world there are indescribable amounts of discrimination, brutal repression, torture, extra-judicial killing and economic catastrophe.
        The Irish Times
        1
        But the habit of illegal killing grows when it gets started.
        Danny's Own Story
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        Changes in the level of illegal killing tracked closely to fluctuating prices in Asia for ivory.
        The South African
        3
        Nothing justifies illegal killing.
        Hunted and Harried
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        Against that background we have not had reason or evidence to raise any concerns with Defra about illegal killing of badgers.
        The Guardian
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        Delta and American Airlines have banned the shipment of big-game trophies on flights after the illegal killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.
        Radio NZ
        Usage of extra-judicial execution in English
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        This was not justice, it was an extra-judicial execution.
        The Guardian
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        Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extra-judicial executions, questioned whether the attack met this threshold.
        Reuters
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        Later investigations showed that more than half of the 22 killed last June were the victims of extra-judicial executions.
        Reuters
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        Rival militias remain well armed, and Western human rights organizations have accused them of carrying out many extra-judicial executions and other abuses.
        Reuters
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        Western human rights organisations have accused them of carrying out numerous extra-judicial executions and other abuses, raising questions about the rule of law.
        Reuters
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        Western human rights organizations have accused them of carrying out numerous extra-judicial executions and other abuses, raising questions about the rule of law.
        Reuters
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        Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on extra-judicial executions, claimed troops were killing activists as part of a counter-insurgency campaign against communist rebels.
        Reuters
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        Some analysts have said Yusuf's killing -condemned as an extra-judicialexecution by rights groups -deprived intelligence agencies of the ability to interrogate him.
        Reuters
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