gravity scale
Britishnoun
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The UN added: “These are not mere excesses of the state; they are essential components of a political system that has moved far from the ideals on which it claims to be founded. The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.”
From The Guardian
"The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world," its report said.
From BBC
“The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world,” the commission wrote.
From Newsweek
“The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world,” the commission found.
From Washington Post
That’s a PR leap, considering that the U.N. report said North Korea’s human rights offenses are so extreme that “the gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.”
From Newsweek
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