atrocity

Were my parents trying to spare me, as a young child, from learning about human atrocity, or was the Holocaust, and the damage it had done to our family, too difficult for them to confront?

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 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

Afghanistan's Taliban government condemned the "cowardly act" and called it "a crime and atrocity".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

But even as I write now, I can’t help but think that it would be an atrocity to let our ending come like this.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

Access to the cockpit was tightened after the September 11 atrocities in the United States, where attackers were able to gain access and crash the planes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“The Bush administration found that there really are atrocities, human rights violations, genocide for which there are no other alternatives,” to the international court, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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

Sir, did the Irish commit atrocities at the Battle of Kinsale?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt