Sentence examples for use of kidnapping from inspiring English sources

Since 2001, American Presidents have struggled with how to respond to Islamic militants' increased use of kidnapping as a source of publicity and ransom.

In telephone interviews, some Pakistani militants said the purpose of the agreement was to settle internal differences among rival factions and improve the image of the Taliban, which has been tarnished because of the increasing use of kidnapping and the rise in civilian killings.

Soazig Dollet, the head of Middle East North Africa department at Reporters Without Borders, said: "The number of violations of press freedom from the Syrian government and Isis has decreased, but the nature of the violation has changed, including the use of kidnapping," she said.

He condemned Isis for its alleged use of kidnapping, torture, execution and rape, as well as other "hideous crimes".

Soon, other Colombian organizations began to use the tactic of kidnapping for ransom along with common criminals.

According to an Amnesty International report, those manuals advocated the use of "torture, extortion, kidnapping and execution" of a regime's foes.

In April, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, ordered prosecutors in Alaska to turn over DNA evidence that had been used to convict William G. Osborne of kidnapping and raping a prostitute.

Very little was said about obvious Palestinian violations of the laws of war and common-sense morality, including launching thousands of rockets to attack Israel, the indisputable use of human shields, the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit and the subsequent denial of his rights in captivity.

Police discovered a number of articles in the Scorpio used to kidnap the couple parts of Babli's anklet, two buttons from Manoj's shirt, and torn photographs of the couple.

Cooper used the story of kidnapped and rescued females again and again, especially in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), which was made into a movie most recently in 1992 and that starred Daniel Day Lewis as the pathfinder.

At 90 two- and three-week camps on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, youths from towns and villages already ceded to Israel by Mr. Arafat's Palestinian Authority are learning the arts of kidnapping, ambushing and using assault weapons.