inhumane treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinhumaneandtreatment
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inhumane
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.hjuːˈmeɪn/us/ˌɪn.hjuːˈmeɪn/
cruel and causing suffering to people ...
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treatment
noun
uk/ˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofinhumaneandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The right against cruel andinhumanetreatmentis an obvious example among many.
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They are suffering degrading,inhumanetreatment, counter to international law and to the universal declaration of human rights.
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Is not one factor which makes men reluctant to return as miners theinhumanetreatmentthey have received from the mineowners?
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We must overcome the dictatorship in these countries that mete out suchinhumanetreatmentto their own people.
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Will he give appropriate instructions, because there has been a good deal of evidence ofinhumanetreatment?
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This seems to be the main reason for herinhumanetreatment, and hers is not an isolated case.
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In any case, it talks about protecting them, protecting their physical dignity and mental integrity against degrading orinhumanetreatment.
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He has further offered to prove that men from his cellblock who remained behind when he escaped were subjected toinhumanetreatment.
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It seems to me to be bad economics, apart from beinginhumanetreatmentof people who happen to be unfortunate.
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The result is overcrowding andinhumanetreatment, as has been graphically recorded in recent months.
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Whatinhumanetreatmentof the 80,000 people whose homes were repossessed last year.
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This heroic woman is fighting for her husband, who is serving a twenty-year sentence and is in a critical state of health as a consequence ofinhumanetreatment.
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