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Definition of Killings
1. killing [n] - See also: killing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Killings
Literary usage of Killings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A License to Kill: Israeli Operations Against "Wanted" and Masked Palestinians by Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"In our view, each of these killings was in some measure unjustified, ... In most
of the cases, we conclude that the killings cannot be plausibly justified ..."
2. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"The second study, Political killings in Kosova/Kosovo, published in October 2000
by the Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) of the American Bar ..."
3. Center of the Storm: A Case Study of Human Rights Abuses in Hebron District by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001)
":4 Amnesty International, "Israel and the Occupied Territories: State Assassinations
and Other Unlawful killings." ICRC, Commentary: IV Geneva Convention ..."
4. Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables" by Smita Narula (1999)
"Police have frequently operated as agents of the landed upper castes, conducting
raids on Dalit villages and disguising killings as "encounters. ..."
5. Human Rights in Moldova: The Turbulent Dniester by Erika Dailey, Lois Whitman (1993)
"Numerous incidents of apparently politically motivated killings took place ...
killings Committed Allegedly by Supporters of the DMR One of the first of ..."
6. A Victory Turned Sour: Human Rights in Kuwait Since Liberation by Middle East Watch (Organization), Middle East Watch (Organization (1991)
"Most of these killings occurred in March and April, but some took place thereafter.
While the Kuwaiti government has failed to provide a full accounting of ..."
7. Crime Or Custom?: Violence Against Women in Pakistan by Samya Burney, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"... Watch received testimony of the following abuses by government soldiers.
—> Extra-judicial killings Several refugees were eyewitnesses to killings. ..."
8. Cambodia at War by Dinah PoKempner, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1995)
"FAILURE TO PROSECUTE RACIALLY MOTIVATED killings AND DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT UNDER
... Of the dozen or more incidents of killings and abductions of ethnic ..."
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