atrocity
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A group representing relatives of American victims of the atrocity described judge's decision as outcome as "another step in our long fight for justice".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
In its nearly 25 years of existence, the ICC has secured only six final convictions for atrocity crimes after appeals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Addressing an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council, Turk urged world leaders to take immediate action to prevent atrocity crimes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the attack as "an atrocity at sea" and stressed that the frigate had been "a guest of India's Navy".
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Desdemona was in a pale white nightgown, the bedcovers pulled up to her waist, and in her lap sat one of her Turkish atrocity fans.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
"Ghana was the crime scene where these atrocities took place, so Ghana cannot afford to be silent on ensuring that we hold perpetrators accountable," Ablakwa says.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Trump officials are also planning to finance at least one organization to research crime and atrocities against minority populations in South Africa.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
The pamphlet railed against British atrocities, condemned servile loyalism and confidently projected military recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
He even hailed Britain's role in colonizing North America -- a controversial subject given the atrocities against native people by waves of European conquerors who crossed the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
It was a museum used for propaganda displays of various kinds—scale models of rocket bombs and Floating Fortresses, waxwork tableaux illustrating enemy atrocities, and the like.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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