human shield

deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets
Event war_crime Q121397
human shield
Sergey Solomko · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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human shield

Summary

human shield is a war crime[1]. It draws 274 Wikipedia views per month (war_crime category, ranking #13 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • human shield is credited with the discovery of Mahatma Gandhi[3].
  • human shield's image is recorded as Human shield - S. Solomko.jpg[4].
  • human shield's instance of is recorded as war crime[5].
  • human shield's instance of is recorded as non-combatant[6].
  • human shield's subclass of is recorded as shield[7].
  • human shield's Commons category is recorded as Human shields[8].
  • human shield's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012sdx[9].
  • human shield's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1148306[10].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine[11].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Battle of Shanghai[12].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Warsaw Uprising[13].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Vinkt Massacre[14].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Battle of Okinawa[15].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Battle of Manila[16].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Algerian War[17].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Battle of the Notch[18].
  • human shield's significant event is recorded as Tel al-Zaatar massacre[19].
  • human shield's BBC Things ID is recorded as 19560746-0489-4da8-98d0-4695245f0b04[20].
  • human shield's has goal is recorded as protection[21].
  • human shield's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[22].
  • human shield's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007585954105171[23].

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Works and Contributions

human shield is credited with the discovery of Mahatma Gandhi[3].

Why It Matters

human shield draws 274 Wikipedia views per month (war_crime category, ranking #13 of 50).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . books.google.co.jp. Retrieved . books.google.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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