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Shunned by many Western countries over alleged rights abuses,
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National Congress, the commission found no evidence that its broadcasts were directly responsible for gross human rights abuses,
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The Inkatha Freedom Party was jeopardising its members 'chances of receiving reparation as victims of gross human rights abuses,
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The first black chief justice of Zimbabwe who won international acclaim for his independent, humane spirit and for judgements that boldly stood up to the Zimbabwe government's human rights abuses,
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Politicans on both sides of the apartheid conflict should not be allowed to hide behind their status and positions while their followers were blamed as the perpetrators of human rights abuses,
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A defence counsel appearing in the Port Elizabeth Supreme Court for five men accused in the Motherwell car bombing on Wednesday accused the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of selective treatment towards the perpetrators of alleged human rights abuses,
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Strict and compulsory guidelines were needed to bind each holder of public office to guard against financial abuses,
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Are they not parcel bawds to wink at such damned abuses,
Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner Jessica A. Browner 1994
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Hence, the evils of slavery have their origin in its abuses,
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery A. Woodward
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The University of Louvain having suffered much from the religious and political disturbances of the time, Druys was appointed, with a layman, visitor to the university, with full power to reform abuses,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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