atrocities
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Pillay, a former United Nations high commissioner for human rights, received the prize Friday for her decades of work advancing international law and accountability for atrocities.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
It’s a casual surveilling of placidity just up the coast from the atrocities we hear about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
He drew parallels with the horrors of the Holocaust, noting that images of Nazi concentration camps only became public after the atrocities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
However, she did not give a timeline on when charges might be brought against those responsible for the atrocities in the war, which began in April 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
But I want to know about these Irish atrocities.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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