When being invaded, all bets are off............................
Lets say nothing about the Russians operating a major artillery installation inside the Zaporizhzhia reactor complex.
War is always nasty. To believe that everyone adheres to the “rule book” is pure folly.
No doubt that both Russia and Ukraine have committed war crimes. No one is innocent on the field of battle.
So. Even Amnesty Intl is full of Dirty RuZZians.
Working out how the White Russians will behave should they enter this war is left an an exercise for the reader.
If you can’t trust corrupt neo nazi terrorists who can you trust ?
No!!!! They are innocent peace loving people who aren’t Nazis or corrupt Deep State conspirators, just defending their homeland from mean Russian invaders. I read it here.
WAR violates international humanitarian law!
The link goes to MSM, not directly to Newsweek.
Send the war criminals more free money to keep the war alive
Ukraine is using their own people as human shields, and have been doing so since the start.
Guess Amnesty International is now “Putin’s Stooge!”
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There are no good guys here. But Russia is doing what they said they would, for years and years. NATO and the US kept poking the bear. Now Ukraine is paying for it in blood. With the DOS calling the shots.
We (the US) are not in the right on this at all. I agree with Randand Howley.
Well, that is all we need to know to know who is buttering Amnesty International’s bread !
FReepers, if your talking points start coinciding with the commies at Amnesty International, well, you might be in bed with the wrong team on that issue...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine: a devastating human rights crisis
Right now, people in Ukraine are facing a human rights crisis. People are dying, including children, and many more are at risk.
As Russia continues its war against Ukraine, Amnesty International is exposing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and gathering evidence from our researchers on the ground and our Crisis Evidence Lab. From the devastation of Izium to the siege of Mariupol, from shelling in Kyiv to displaced people in Lviv, we’re helping to keep the world informed about what is happening in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, his government and the Russian armed forces are desperate to hide the truth about the war, including the possible war crimes they are committing in Ukraine. This page will feature Amnesty International’s regular updates on the conflict, which help to uncover the human rights crises caused by Russia’s invasion. Click on the links below to access our briefings and investigations into the human rights issues surrounding the conflict.
A massive humanitarian crisis
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an act of aggression that has unleashed the gravest human rights and refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two. Amnesty International is documenting serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including the unlawful killing and injury of civilians, destruction of infrastructure, and blocking of desperately needed aid for civilians. Attacks on hospitals and schools, employing “surrender or starve” sieges on civilians, the use of banned weapons such as cluster munitions, and strikes on populated areas using inaccurate weapons may constitute war crimes.
Russia’s crackdown on protests and media Imprisonment, censorship, disinformation
The Russian authorities have unleashed an unprecedented, nationwide crackdown on independent journalism, anti-war protests and dissenting voices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin remains hellbent on hiding the human cost of its war and has blocked independent news sites and social media. Meanwhile, anyone caught spreading what it regards as “fake news” about the conflict faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
Coupled with a campaign of disinformation, the media blackout seeks to entirely deprive the Russian people of access to objective, trustworthy information about the conflict. As repression mounts, at least 150 critical journalists have fled the country so far. Yet despite the risks, Russia’s anti-war movement continues to fill the streets with rallies — even though more than 15,000 protesters have been arbitrarily detained since the start of the invasion.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/latest-news-on-russias-war-on-ukraine/
Many on FR who support Ukraine feel that Ukraine is fully justified in this approach and all of this is Russia’s fault.
Amnesty does not agree.
Ukraine is systematically using their civilian population as shields and cannon fodder.
“”We have documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war when they operate in populated areas,” Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard said in a statement. “Being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian military from respecting international humanitarian law.”
And Russia will eventually try, and hang, many of them for war crimes.
While the Neocons here won’t want to hear this, this report basically CONFIRMS the Russian claims when they struck civilian targets and claimed they were being used for military operations.
As to Ukrainian claims to be exempt from war crimes because they claim to not be the aggressor, as far as I know, that exemption DOES NOT exist.
And Russia is doing what exactly?
The only law of war is the law of the jungle.