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How to use the word atrocities in a Sentence?

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As I discussed with both sides during my visit, to build a durable peace, there must be acknowledgment of the atrocities committed by all parties, as well as accountability, together with reconciliation.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I anticipate that it will assist in bringing some of the criminals responsible for these atrocities to justice.

Richard Goldstone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Investigators have already documented more than 400 Russian war crimes, the bodies of both civilians and military personnel are being found, in the Kherson region, the Russian army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country, where it was able to enter.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It is the moral duty of all to never forget : an obligation that has taken on heightened urgency as atrocities are perpetrated around the globe, including by Russia against Ukraine.

Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are deeply sorry for this mistake and for the emotions that the logo has evoked by its semblance to a swastika and, by extension, to the atrocities that were committed under its banner, unquestionably, we condemn anything associated with the Nazi regime in the strongest manner possible.

Michael Gill

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are rallying our allies and partners to make global supply chains free from the use of forced labor, to speak out against atrocities in Chinas Xinjiang, and to join us in calling on the government of the( People's Republic of China) to immediately end atrocities and human rights abuses, including forced labor.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no hiding place for war criminals. Justice Department will pursue every avenue of accountability for those who commit war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine, working alongside our domestic and international partners, Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to hold accountable every person complicit in the commission of war crimes, torture, and other grave violations during the unprovoked conflict in Ukraine.

Merrick Garland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These atrocities deserve to be investigated for war crimes.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am proud to join my colleagues on this important trip to Poland, the Polish people continue their unwavering support for NATO after 23 years of fighting alongside the U.S. and our allies. This bipartisan delegation will send a clear message that the U.S. is thankful for their support of Ukraine and their offer of providing fighter jets, as the people of Ukraine continue to endure brutal Russian atrocities.

Rob Portman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At this point, we are not seeing Russia back off the horrific war they started, an unprovoked invasion of the Ukrainian homeland, in fact, the atrocities they are committing against civilians seem to be intensifying. So, it's certainly appropriate for us to be working with our allies to consider further sanctions.

Janet Yellen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Just outside the show, rape, genocide, slave labor -- American companies are drunk on Chinese dollars – entangled with Communist dictators committing atrocities.

Michael Waltz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I knew that there was nothing that I could do in my protest to change what happened to me. But we could uncover the truth here at Michigan, and also make this place safer for now, and in the future, so that these atrocities don't continue to happen, we want to change the narrative, as well as the culture. So until that's done, I won't be leaving.

Jon Vaughn

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The 2022 Winter Olympics will be remembered as the genocide games, the CCP's purpose is to exactly turn the sports arena into a stage for political legitimacy and a tool to whitewash all those atrocities.

Teng Biao

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Your silence is their strength. This is what they want more than anything: that the world will play by China’s rules, that we will follow China’s lead, that we will look away from these atrocities and crimes for the sake of business as usual.

Lhadon Tethong

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My husband’s reference to Anne Frank at a mandate rally in D.C. was reprehensible and insensitive, the atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. His opinions are not a reflection of my own.

Joe Scarnici/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The targeting of innocent people and humanitarian actors is unacceptable, and the military's widespread atrocities against the people of Burma underscore the urgency of holding its members accountable.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The findings of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry in its report defining the atrocities at the toll gate as a massacre, is a big win and leads us on a pathway to obtaining justice for many of the innocent victims, survivors and lost souls still lying in unmarked graves. i hope all the recommendations are carried out. On one part is admitting it happened, on another part is accountability.

Serah Ibrahim

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There have been immense atrocities and horrific violence committed against American Muslims because of 9/11. We saw things like the Patriot Act, the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay and the indefinite detention of people without due process of law, i knew I had to do something to create the kind of country I thought America should be ; one based on justice and compassion.

Qasim Rashid

Found on CNN
2 years ago

And as I said in my remarks, we need to stop to fully recognize and memorialize and come to terms with the atrocities of our collective past that we are learning more about each day.

Mary Simon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What’s newsworthy is that she admits Hamas is guilty of ‘unthinkable atrocities,' it’s time for all of Israel’s detractors to condemn Hamas. And it’s time for all those of good will to reject any moral equivalency between the U.S. and Israel on one hand, and Hamas and the Taliban on the other.

Brad Sherman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s not news that Ilhan Omar would make outrageous and clearly false statements about America and Israel, what’s newsworthy is that she admits Hamas is guilty of ‘unthinkable atrocities.’ It’s time for all of Israel’s detractors to condemn Hamas. And it’s time for all those of good will to reject any moral equivalency between the U.S. and Israel on one hand, and Hamas and the Taliban on the other.

Brad Sherman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It can not be business as usual in the face of the violence and atrocities in Tigray.

Robert Godec

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our goal was and is to find a common path to genuine reconciliation in memory of the victims. This includes naming the events of the German colonial period in what is now Namibia, and in particular the atrocities in the period from 1904 to 1908, without sparing or glossing over them. We will now also officially call these events what they were from today's perspective : a genocide.

Heiko Maas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My question is -- what is the holdup ? It's been six months since the conflict started. The atrocities are continuing and the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.

Michael McCaul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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