crime against humanity
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"I think that the transatlantic slave trade was the greatest crime against humanity, and ancestors also took part as players in that trade," says the king.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
On Monday, the leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy, called for prayers for the salvation of the cathedral, calling the damage “another Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Kyiv's Metropolitan Epiphanius also denounced the attack as a "crime against humanity, history and Christianity."
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity," despite opposition by the United States and some European countries.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
She made it sound as if selling conservatory windows was a crime against humanity.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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