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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"War criminal" is not a term applied liberally to describe people who presided over bad things. It is a term defined by treaty in international law.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions;"

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml

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