cruel treatment

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This is hardly surprising, given the country’s more general neglect of a full, sustained reckoning with its history with — and its often stunningly cruel treatment of — Native Americans.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

Critics of the bill have blasted SB 16 as “dangerous legislation” that fails to penalize mass corporations for their cruel treatment of animals, workers and consumers.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

“This cruel treatment of wild horses in unacceptable and far below the standard that Americans expect for these iconic animals,” she said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

In their application for emergency measures, Canada and the Netherlands asked the court to order Syria to stop all acts of torture and cruel treatment and end arbitrary detentions, among other things.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

Is not this a cruel treatment of the belief of a fellow-creature?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green