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An example of reprisal is the Naulila dispute between Portugal and Germany in October 1914, when they were on opposite sides of the World War I chasm. After three Germans were mistakenly killed in Naulila on the border of the then-Portuguese colony of Angola (in a manner that did not violate international law), [6] Germany carried out a military raid on Naulila, destroying property in retaliation.
Retorsion (from French: rétorsion, from Latin: retortus, influenced by Late Latin, 1585–1595, torsi, a twisting, wringing it), [1] a term used in international law, is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation. A typical example of retorsion is the use of comparably severe ...
Workplace revenge, or workplace retaliation, refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace.Retaliation often involves a power imbalance; the retaliator is usually someone with more power in the workplace than the victim, and retaliation may be done to silence the victim so the retaliator can avoid accountability for workplace bullying, workplace harassment, or ...
The strikes served as retaliation for an Oct. 1 Iranian missile bombardment that did little damage to Israel. That attack had been in response to the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran that Iran ...
Reprisal, in warfare, a permissible act of retaliation; Reprisal, a novel in The Adversary Cycle by F. Paul Wilson; Retorsion, in international law, an act of retaliation by one nation upon another; Retribution (disambiguation) Revenge (disambiguation) Vengeance (disambiguation)
The site also directs users to file a complaint if they experience retaliation and states employers who act unlawfully may be liable for monetary damages and to rehire workers they retaliate against.
Troops dug in only a few hundred feet from each other would evolve an unspoken understanding. If a sniper killed a soldier on one side, the other expected an equal retaliation. Conversely, if no one was killed for a time, the other side would acknowledge this implied "truce" and act accordingly. This created a "separate peace" between the trenches.
Mr Pinkas, who served as chief of staff to Israel’s foreign ministry between 1999 and 2000, said: “An Israeli retaliation could almost inevitably lead to a broad escalation and a region-wide ...