Extrajudicial killings are killings by government officials without due process of law. They include murders by private groups if instigated by government. These killings may result from the deliberate, illegal, and excessive use of lethal force by the police, security forces, or other agents of the state whether against criminal suspects, detainees, prisoners, or others.
Scores of 0-2 indicates the level of extrajudicial killings practiced in a given year.
World average: 8.28
Source: Ciri Human Rights Data Project (2011)
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