Sentence examples for forms of mistreatment from inspiring English sources

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Her life is one of constant pain from whippings, branding, imprisonment and other forms of mistreatment.

Egypt's prisons are notorious for torture and other forms of mistreatment, and have for decades been incubators of Islamic radicalism.

Maya Wang, from Human Rights Watch, claimed the 20 people still believed to be in custody were at serious risk of torture or other forms of mistreatment.

All except one of the 23 defendants present in court said they had been subjected to beatings, electric shocks and other forms of mistreatment.

"Humiliations, spankings and beatings, slaps in the face, betrayal, sexual exploitation, derision, neglect, etc. are all forms of mistreatment, because they injure the integrity and dignity of a child, even if their consequences are not visible right away," she writes in an explanatory essay on childhood mistreatment and abuse on her Web site, alice-miller.com.

That means one in four working women have encountered inappropriate behaviors in the workplace, of which the majority were more overt forms of mistreatment.

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"It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment".

"The almost continuous deprivation of the detainees' sight at Camp Abu Naji... amounted to a form of mistreatment," he concluded.

He added that "it was wholly inappropriate to prevent the detainees from sleeping" and that such a practice "was wrong in principle and amounted to a form of mistreatment".

A quarter of those employed over the last year said they had experienced discrimination in the workplace, and more than three quarters of those who were "out" or perceived as transgender during school recall experiencing "some form of mistreatment", including sexual assault and verbal and physical harassment.

"I therefore call on the UAE government, but also on all companies involved in the Saadiyat project – including [the] Louvre, British Museum and Guggenheim – to ensure that any form of mistreatment is addressed and that all migrants can fully enjoy their human rights".

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