‘Thank God he’s dead — fewer problems’ The story of Oleksandr Yakushchenko, a Ukrainian teenager deported to Russia who died by suicide after being barred from returning home — Meduza (meduza.io)
from Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 31 Dec 2024 21:05
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kescusay@lemmy.world on 31 Dec 2024 23:41 next collapse

The world needs to stop using “deported” to describe these kids.

They were kidnapped. They were not “deported,” because you can’t be deported to a country you weren’t previously a citizen of. This poor kid was stolen from his home, sent to a shithole, denied the ability to go home, and eventually decided life wasn’t worth it.

Kidnapped. Use the right word, everyone.

ouch@lemmy.world on 01 Jan 2025 01:09 next collapse

Genocide is another proper word for what Russia is doing.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Jan 2025 20:45 collapse

Yeah WTF with that “deported” nonsense. I had to read between the lines to understand what was actually happening.

febra@lemmy.world on 01 Jan 2025 18:33 collapse

The forced transfer of children from one group to another amounts to genocide.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 2, Paragraph 5