atrocity
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"We denounce and totally reject those claims that Africans are as guilty and complicit as those who masterminded this whole atrocity," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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
There was no accountability for that atrocity 20 years ago, at least not for anyone who was in charge.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
I often meet people in the West who insist that the Holocaust was the worst atrocity in human history, without question.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The UN has repeatedly warned that RSF advances in El-Obeid and the wider Kordofan region could lead to mass atrocities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 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
Shortly after the capture of el-Fasher, RSF leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said the group was investigating any atrocities.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The RSF has acknowledged some violations but insists the scale of the atrocities is being exaggerated.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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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