An extrajudicial killing (also known as an extrajudicial execution or an extralegal killing) is the deliberate killing of a person without the lawful...

An encounter killing, often simply called an encounter, is an extrajudicial killing by police or the armed forces in South Asia, supposedly in self-defence...

sharia-based criminal laws, except for Uganda. Gay people also face extrajudicial killings by state and non-state actors in some states and regions of the...

nationwide network of extrajudicial reeducation centers to "transform the minds" of Falun Gong practitioners. The centers are run extrajudicially, and the government...

government. Extrajudicial killing – killing by government forces without due process. See also Targeted killing. Euthanasia or mercy killing – the killing of any...

Extrajudicial punishment is a punishment for an alleged crime or offense which is carried out without legal process or supervision by a court or tribunal...

circumstances of Gaddafi's death, amid controversy that it was an extrajudicial killing and a war crime. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi...

and that the Israeli officers' actions therefore constituted an extrajudicial killing. The investigation also charged the officers with excessive use...

Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines are illegal executions – unlawful or felonious killings – and forced disappearances...

Battalion has faced criticism from human rights groups for their use of extrajudicial killings and alleged involvement in forced disappearances. It is estimated...