There are rumors of disclosures to come about the deliberate starvation of orphans.

A New York-based human rights organization asserted today that thousands of children have died in China's state-run orphanages from deliberate starvation, medical malpractice and staff abuse.

His parents had closed a "stone door" on the past: the brutal slaughter and deliberate starvation of dozens of relatives was not considered a subject "suitable for conversation."

The more serious charge of deliberate starvation in some orphanages has yet to be investigated by any independent body.

Senior Chinese officials in Beijing deny any policy of deliberate starvation.

It was considered by the relieving forces that the Japanese were pursuing a policy of deliberate starvation.

She pointed to the Allied use of civilian forced labor, and deliberate starvation of civilians in the occupied territories.

So far, they have not been able to verify the charge of deliberate starvation.

North Korea is an absolute dictatorship with detention camps, torture and harsh prison conditions, including deliberate starvation.