Definitions
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- noun cruel or inhumane treatment.
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- noun
bad ,unkind orabusive treatment
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- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
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Examples
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About 1,100 gave him answers he expected to hear, such as “destitution,” “seduced and abandoned,” “ill-treatment of parents, relatives, or husbands,” and “bad company.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The resolution censured Syria for every type of human rights crime, ranging from arbitrary executions, the torture of children, ill-treatment of innocent detainees -- you name it.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Mideast Milosevic Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011
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Palestinian prisoners complain about ill-treatment, physical and verbal assaults, lack of medical attention and unhealthy living conditions.
Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees Faisal J. Abbas 2010
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Palestinian prisoners complain about ill-treatment, physical and verbal assaults, lack of medical attention and unhealthy living conditions.
Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees Faisal J. Abbas 2010
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Palestinian prisoners complain about ill-treatment, physical and verbal assaults, lack of medical attention and unhealthy living conditions.
Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees Faisal J. Abbas 2010
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The resolution censured Syria for every type of human rights crime, ranging from arbitrary executions, the torture of children, ill-treatment of innocent detainees -- you name it.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Mideast Milosevic Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011
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It found against Ukraine over the ill-treatment of prisoners in "training exercises" by special forces, and it found against Russia over the persecution of the children of Chechen dissidents.
David Cameron calls for reform of European court of human rights 2012
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The resolution censured Syria for every type of human rights crime, ranging from arbitrary executions, the torture of children, ill-treatment of innocent detainees -- you name it.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Mideast Milosevic Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011
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It lists them as "the use of force against civilians, arbitrary executions, killing and persecution of protesters and members of the media, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence, and ill-treatment, including against children."
Russia Holds Back Syria Resolution Joe Lauria 2012
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Palestinian prisoners complain about ill-treatment, physical and verbal assaults, lack of medical attention and unhealthy living conditions.
Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees Faisal J. Abbas 2010
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