English-Finnish translations for at the hands of

• toimesta
  Arvoisa puhemies, maailmassa teloitetaan vuosittain satoja ihmisiä maailmassa, jota usein kuulemme kutsuttavan sivistyneeksi toisten ihmisten toimesta. Mr President, every year hundreds of human beings are executed in the world - often in the so-called civilised world - at the hands of other human beings.
  Valitettavasti Itä-Timorissa puhkesi 11. helmikuuta uusi kriisi jälleen kerran niiden samojen ihmisten toimesta, jotka olivat vastuussa kriisistä kaksi vuotta sitten. Unfortunately, on 11 February, crisis returned to East Timor, once again at the hands of the same people who were responsible for the crisis two years ago.
  Raportti laadittiin viisijäsenisen työryhmän toimesta.

Definition of at the hands of

• By the actions of (someone

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