Some stand accused of ordering such crimes, others of personally committing brutal atrocities.
"If they are unveiling the brutal atrocities of Indian forces, they are doing a sacred thing".
Turning his attention to global happenings, he referred to the world as increasingly blighted by "violent conflict, hatred, and brutal atrocities, committed even in the name of God and of religion".
But a year ago officials became concerned that the Ugandans were guilty of war crimes in the long-running battle against Joseph Kony's rebel movement, which is famed for its brutal atrocities and abduction of children.
President Bill Clinton sent American troops into Haiti in 1994, declaring that his goals were "to stop the brutal atrocities" of a dictatorial regime and to bring democracy to the Haitian people.
"He sometimes said things that upset unionists, occasionally had to apologise for his comments, but I do not doubt that he was sincere in working to end the violence on our streets and managed to command the attention of key politicians and civic leaders at a time when Northern Ireland was rocking from a series of brutal atrocities".
Immokalee was once home to some of the most brutal atrocities against human rights in the United States.
As a practicing Muslim deeply influenced by tenets of my faith, I strongly condemn the brutal atrocities of the ISIS terrorist group.
One of Columbus' men, Bartolome De Las Casas, was so mortified by Columbus' brutal atrocities against the native peoples, that he quit working for Columbus and became a Catholic priest.
Alluding to the new dangers presented by the Islamic State, Francis addressed the topic of religious extremism, charging the world is "increasingly a place of violent conflict, hatred and brutal atrocities committed even in the name of God and of religion".
