Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children amounts to crime against humanity, UN says (www.bbc.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 11 Mar 00:01
https://lemmy.world/post/44096648

The deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia constitutes a crime against humanity and a war crime, the UN has said.

A new report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine says Russian authorities “at the highest level” have deported “thousands” of children from the occupied areas of Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s “direct involvement” has been “visibile form the outset,” it adds.

Ukraine says almost 20,000 children have been illegally sent to Russia and Belarus.

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venusaur@lemmy.world on 11 Mar 04:29 next collapse

Is this the only picture the media has of Ukrainian children? I think I’ve seen articles about this topic at least 3-4 times in the past year and it’s the same pic.

Avicenna@programming.dev on 11 Mar 07:57 collapse
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BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today on 11 Mar 07:49 next collapse

What about bombing 20,000 children tho? That’s not a crime against humanity or a war crime, right?

Avicenna@programming.dev on 11 Mar 07:59 collapse

Ethnic cleansing is ethnic cleansing, whether done by Russia or Israel it does not matter. What aboutism doesn’t absolve one country of its crimes.

BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today on 11 Mar 10:12 collapse

Whataboutism doesn’t absolve one country of its crimes, I absolutely agree with it.

However, whataboutism does highlight the hypocrisy of the UN and why we should not trust what a hypocritical organisation has to say.

Russia says they’re keeping children of Russian ethnicity safe from a war zone. Children from Ukraine were trafficked to Epstein Island according to the Epstein files. I do not believe that Epstein does not have a successor. Maybe Russia has a point, maybe they don’t. But we should take the words of a western controlled biased organisation with a grain of salt.

BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today on 11 Mar 07:49 next collapse

What about ICE detention and deportation of mexican children? That’s completely fine, right?

murvel@feddit.nu on 11 Mar 08:09 next collapse

And Lemmy goes ‘whatabout’

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net on 11 Mar 09:04 collapse

Ladies and gentlemen. We got them!

Just kidding. This is meaningless.