Sentence examples for as extrajudicial from inspiring English sources

These include a number of cases described in written evidence to the court as "extrajudicial executions".

During the last eight months, the Nicaraguan government's repression has resulted in grave human rights abuses, such as extrajudicial killings, torture, intimidation, repression and criminalization of the demonstrators and the social movement they represent, among more.

Mr. Akhmednabiyev saw few topics as off limits, writing about what he described as extrajudicial kidnappings by local security forces, human rights violations during counterterrorism operations, and pressure against Muslim organizations.

The Senate letter called attention to a "pattern of violence and threats against journalists, human rights defenders, members of the clergy, union leaders, opposition figures, students, small farmers, and LGBT activists" as well as "extrajudicial killings".

Nevertheless, the final text is a strong one, including provisions – pursued by civil society groups like Amnesty International – that force states not to authorise exports where there is an "overriding risk" that arms will be used to commit serious human rights abuses (such as extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and torture) inside and outside conflict zones.

The US consistently criticised the Israeli practice as extrajudicial murder.

"No prosecutor — even the great ones — are immune from the potential for a hung jury in a high-profile case with as much extrajudicial noise and distractions as this case has," said Patrick Collins, a former prosecutor in Mr. Fitzgerald's office, who led the corruption prosecution of George Ryan, Mr. Blagojevich's predecessor as governor, who remains in federal prison.

The assassination of Sheikh Aboud Rogo, who was facing terror-related charges, was widely condemned as an extrajudicial killing and sparked clashes between police and Muslim youths.

But the councils are coming under growing national scrutiny as their extrajudicial rulings — especially those blamed for the spread of so-called honor killings — are challenging the concept of the national rule of law.

Of course, in the public sphere, there is really no such thing as purely extrajudicial activity for a Supreme Court justice, any more than there is extrapresidential activity for Barack Obama.

A UN expert described his execution in 2017 as an "extrajudicial killing" based on "torture, unfair trial and flimsy evidence".