Sentence examples for torture and arbitrary from inspiring English sources

Torture and arbitrary arrests are said to remain common.

Political dissent is suppressed through disappearances, torture and arbitrary arrests.

To stand against torture and arbitrary detention is not to be squeamish.

HRW claims that torture and arbitrary arrests, aimed at crushing a local revolt, have also silenced peaceful dissent.

The UN special rapporteurs on torture and arbitrary detention have also been granted permission to intervene on Belhaj's behalf.

It brought torture and arbitrary execution to America's cities, tore families apart, and drove 60,000 people into exile.

An AU fact-finding mission returned from Burundi on Sunday and in its preliminary findings it said "members of the team heard reports of arbitrary killings, torture and the arbitrary... closure of some civil society organisations and the media".

"The kind of torture, interrogation and arbitrary detention that we now associate with Guantánamo and secret C.I.A. facilities really started right here, in Brooklyn," she said.

HRW has raised concerns about the fairness of the latest election, contending that Jammeh's security forces have previously used enforced disappearances, torture, intimidation and arbitrary arrests to suppress dissent and preserve Jammeh's grip on power.

Today, Habré is accused of presiding over a network of security agents from the feared Direction de la Documentation et de la Sécurité (DDS), who carried out a campaign of torture, killings and arbitrary detention during his rule from 1982-90.

Accusing the army of killing, torture, rape and arbitrary detention in recent years, the New York-based advocacy group said not one military investigation into abuses has led to a conviction of a soldier.