#HumanRightsWatch has NEVER commented on the tortures the #Ukrainian people (both #civilians & #POWs) undergo in the basements, camps & torture chambers both in #russia and on the occupied territory.
Have you seen ANY comments on the kidnappings, beatings and other crimes against the #CrimeanTatars in the annexed #Crimea?
When russia is committing #warcrimes & conducting #genocide, HRW workers go totally SILENT.
@ThisThornyRose Is this the same organization? Maybe I'm missing something.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, its war against Ukraine has had a disastrous impact on civilian life, killing thousands of civilians, injuring many thousands more, and destroying civilian property and infrastructure. Russian forces committed a litany of violations of international humanitarian law, including indiscriminate and disproportionate bombing and shelling of civilian areas that hit homes and healthcare and educational facilities. Some of these attacks should be investigated as war crimes. In areas they occupied, Russian or Russian-affiliated forces committed apparent war crimes, including torture, summary executions, sexual violence, enforced disappearances, and looting of cultural property. Those who attempted to flee areas of fighting faced terrifying ordeals and numerous obstacles; in some cases, Russian forces forcibly transferred significant numbers of Ukrainians to Russia or Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine and subjected many to abusive security screenings. Russian forces’ countrywide, repeated attacks on Ukraine’s energy and other critical infrastructure appeared aimed at terrorizing civilians and making their life unsustainable, which is a war crime. Available in Ukrainian >>
@ThisThornyRose Interestingly, Denys just put out today's update video 17 minutes ago and called HRW, Amnesty and other's positions on cluster munitions as bulls*t. Timely conversation.
@ThisThornyRose Appreciated the conversation. I haven't respected those NGOs since most were certain Russia would never invade Crimea. I had an argument with several members from that community and a former CIA director's son at an intelligence conference before the invasion and recommended they reconsider their take given the ideological messaging in Putin's social influence circles (Dugin in particular) who necessitate "restoring"Ukraine to Mother Russia's domain. The ideology around making Russia great again is built atop the Orthodox mythology, Kiev as the Russian church capital, their claims to Ancient Greece through the colonies, etc.
The director's son actually laughed and totally dismissed the possibility noting "nobody listens to philosophers." Most in that NGO/IC community are incapable of the metasystems work to understand other peoples likely think differently than they do and may be a rational actor while doing something totally irrational in your own worldview.
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