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Crime against Humanity
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Crime against Humanity
Any crime committed against persons that reflects depravity—e.g., serial killing with body mutilation—or fanaticism—e.g., ethnic cleansing, genocide, terrorism


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Deputy prosecutor Fernando Pareja told a press conference that Escobar may have been guilty of crimes against humanity as the mastermind during the 1980s and early 1990s of countless kidnappings, bombings, and even the downing of a passenger jet -- crimes which may have claimed thousands of lives across Colombia.
A United Nations inquiry, led by former South African Judge Richard Goldstone, detailed what investigators called Israeli actions "amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity," during Israel's winter offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza.
10/14/2009 2:58:53 PM The European Union has called for the trial of Guinea's military leader for crimes against humanity over last month's deadly army crackdown against opposition protesters.
 
 
 
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