Now think about that. South Africa, terrible atrocities had happened in the society.

The Peruvian gallery was up in arms after that decision. From here, the whole disgraceful thing began.

In his early youth, he witnessed the atrocities of World War II in his native Poland.

A television drama takes Syrian Brit back to the horrors of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

She may have read about the war atrocities attributed to her father in the newspapers.

Born out of the horrors of the Second World War, it was envisioned as a temple of tolerance and harmony.

Schoolchildren were taught about the horrors of colonialism, how it exploited conquered peoples.

Europe, too, has suffered from appalling atrocities over the past two years in Russia, Turkey, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Rape brings stigma, shame, and reluctance on the part of victims to speak out about what happened to them.

What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.

What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

Their disregard for innocent life and their willingness to commit unspeakable horror, including the videotaped executions of hostages, has not intimidated the Iraqi people.

Sometimes banditry is the problem, and sometimes atrocities are perpetrated, such as the mutilations and decapitations carried out by members of the Front National de Libération (FNL).

Renen was a wonderful anti colonialist, anti fascist, feminist, vegan, and anti apartheid activist, despite the illness, he would not remain silent and didn't stop denouncing the atrocities of the zionist occupation. Among many others solidarity activities, Renen joined many of ours too.

LONDON In her brilliant book, The Uses and Abuses of History the historian Margaret Macmillan tells a story about two Americans discussing the atrocities of September 11, 2001.

In a world in which terrorists have committed atrocities and threaten to commit more, to seek complete government transparency is utopian.

These important achievements mark yet another milestone in the administration of international criminal justice, thus motivating States to fulfil their duty to bring to justice persons who have committed mass atrocities.

Enticed by promises of food, shelter and security and sometimes plied with drugs, child soldiers are at times led to commit atrocities against other armed groups and civilian populations, sometimes even against their own communities.

We meet today to say to the millions of victims of the war that we have not forgotten their slaughter, to say to the survivors of the war's atrocities that we have not forgotten their suffering and to say to the Allied soldiers that we have not forgotten their sacrifice and that we will never forget.

The French at first responded with orthodox measures more police, curfews, martial law, etc. but the insurgency spread amid growing atrocities by both sides.

But if we believe that if we put a lid on history and leave it behind us we run a risk that history will resurrect itself with all its horrors.

Whereas some children join armed groups for food or in order to survive or to avenge atrocities in their communities, others are physically abducted by armed groups for war.

Sixty years after the United Nations was formed, the indecencies of war and violent conflict continue to afflict innocent people, evidently because we, the United Nations, lack the will to live up to the commitment that was made when this Organization was established.

The evidence of what Nazi Germany did is so powerful that those who deny it can probably be dealt with even without putting them in prison and thereby drawing more attention to them than they deserve.

We were awakened, for example, by the military assault of December 2008 and January 2009, when more than 1,300 Palestinians (including over 300 children) and 13 Israelis died.

Sir Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom) Tonight, by this vote, the Security Council has acted to ensure accountability for the grave crimes committed in Darfur, and I hope to send a salutary warning to anyone intending to commit any further such atrocities.

Whatever drives the extremism of Osama bin Laden, he would not have found so many willing recruits for his acts of mass murder if the regimes in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Algeria had been less oppressive and corrupt.

The independent expert wrote to the Secretary General in September 2001, urging him to present for the consideration of the Security Council a proposal for the formation of a committee of experts to investigate allegations of past atrocities in Somalia, a proposal which he continues to pursue.

However, the Commission recognized that only a competent court could determine, on a case by case basis, whether individuals, including Government officials, ordered or participated in atrocities motivated by the genocidal intent to exterminate a protected group, in which case they could be found guilty of the crime of genocide.