abuses

  • 1abuses — a·buse || É™ bjuːz n. misuse; maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language v. misuse; injure, harm, mistreat; insult, malign, curse, revile …

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  • 2Enduring Freedom - Abuses by US Forces in Afghanistan — is a report released in March 2004 by US based human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch.It has a negative view of the actions of United States armed forces in Afghanistan, following the campaign by US forces to eliminate the Taliban in… …

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  • 3A View of Popish Abuses yet remaining in the English Church — A View of Popish Abuses was written by John Field in 1572, criticising the church services, priests and clergy of Elizabethan England, particularly the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.A Puritan clergyman, Field desired to change the Act of… …

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  • 4Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 — The Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1925 (15 16 Geo. V c. 72) , that makes the sale of peerages or any other honours illegal. It was brought in after the Liberal Party… …

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  • 5abuse — ♦♦ abuses, abusing, abused (The noun is pronounced [[t]əbju͟ːs[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]əbju͟ːz[/t]].) 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu with supp Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them. ...investigation of alleged child… …

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  • 6Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …

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  • 7Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — In all areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the human rights record remained poor, and numerous serious abuses were committed. Unlawful killings, disappearances, torture, rape, and arbitrary arrest and detention by security forces… …

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  • 8Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union — Soviet Union …

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  • 9Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse — Beginning in 2004, human rights violations in the form of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture,[1][2][3] …

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  • 10chile — /chil ee/, n. chili. * * * Chile Introduction Chile Background: A three year old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990 …

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