human shield

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40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: menslik skild — civilians placed in or around targets
• Arabic: دِرْع بَشَرِيّ (dirʕ bašariyy) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Arabic: دُرُوع بَشَرِيَّة (durūʕ bašariyya) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Bulgarian: чове́шки щит (čovéški štit) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Burmese: လူသားဒိုင်း (lusa:duing:) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Catalan: escut humà — civilians placed in or around targets
• Chinese Mandarin: 人盾 (réndùn) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Chinese Mandarin: 人體盾牌 /人体盾牌 (réntǐ dùnpái) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Danish: menneskeskjold — civilians placed in or around targets
• Dutch: menselijk schild — civilians placed in or around targets
• Esperanto: homa ŝildo — civilians placed in or around targets
• Finnish: ihmiskilpi — civilians placed in or around targets
• French: bouclier humain — civilians placed in or around targets
• Galician: escudo humano — civilians placed in or around targets
• Georgian: ცოცხალი ფარი (cocxali pari) — civilians placed in or around targets
• German: menschlicher Schutzschild — civilians placed in or around targets
• Greek: ανθρώπινη ασπίδα (anthrópini aspída) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Hungarian: élő pajzs — civilians placed in or around targets
• Indonesian: perisai manusia — civilians placed in or around targets
• Indonesian: tameng manusia — civilians placed in or around targets
• Italian: scudo umano — civilians placed in or around targets
• Japanese: 人間の盾 (ningen no tate) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Khmer: ខែលមនុស្ស (khêlmônŭss) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Korean: 인간 방패 (in'gan bangpae) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Norwegian: menneskelig skjold — civilians placed in or around targets
• Polish: ludzka tarcza — civilians placed in or around targets
• Portuguese: escudo humano — civilians placed in or around targets
• Romanian: scut uman — civilians placed in or around targets
• Russian: живо́й щит (živój ščit) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Russian: челове́ческий щит (čelovéčeskij ščit) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Shan: ႁႃးၵူၼ်း (háa kúun) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Slovak: ľudský štít — civilians placed in or around targets
• Slovene: človeški ščit — civilians placed in or around targets
• Lower Sorbian: luźecy šćit — civilians placed in or around targets
• Spanish: escudo humano — civilians placed in or around targets
• Swedish: mänsklig sköld — civilians placed in or around targets
• Thai: โล่มนุษย์ (lôo-má-nút) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Ukrainian: живи́й щит (žyvýj ščyt) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Ukrainian: людськи́й щит (ljudsʹkýj ščyt) — civilians placed in or around targets
• Vietnamese: lá chắn sống — civilians placed in or around targets