"I call on the United Nations to provide support, for the civilized nations of the world to maintain a firm position against barbarity.

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He wanted an end to the barbarity of capital punishment, for example.

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Kevin Spacey plays Richard as a sort of Barnum of barbarity.

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An attempt to challenge this method of execution failed in the Supreme Court, which stated in its 1983 judgement that hanging did not involve torture, barbarity, humiliation or degradation.

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