The European Union should press Bhutanese authorities to release dozens of political prisoners held for decades in dire conditions, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. An EU human rights dialogue with Bhutan is scheduled later this month, just weeks after UN human rights experts issued a communication raising concerns over reports that the […]
    • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
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      7 days ago

      So because they criticized the wrong military that one time, we don’t have to care about political prisoners in Bhutan? Convenient.

        • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
          81·
          7 days ago

          So the organization that regularly publishes reports on Russian warcrimes (Example) is bought by Russians. Uh-huh…

          • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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            7 days ago

            The main issue was takes like “The Ukrainian army should station itself in forests instead of defending cities so that Russian bombardment would not hit civilians”. Anyone with a single strategically thinking brain cell of course readily sees that if you’re not defending cities, the Russians would’ve been free to Bucha everything.

            They somehow misunderstood the “no human shields” thing as “you can’t be near civilians, ever”. You need to be close to civilians if you want to protect them from massacres. How else are you supposed to do that, with telepathy?

            • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
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              7 days ago

              They talked much shit about how Ukraine treated POWs but was completely silent about how Russia treated Ukrainian POWs

              Is that so?

              Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives to torture, prolonged incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance and other inhumane treatment, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report today.

    • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 days ago

      In the case of the war of Ukraine i understand Amnesty International isn’t really a friend to Ukrainians, which seems weird because they are the one targeted by an aggressor. But I think it is fair they remain critical, while I also think it is unfair when they don’t criticise all parties in the same way. But I do hope you see truth in the saying that an imperfect ally is not the same as your enemy. They aren’t on Russia’s side on this, generally they are not on anyone’s side and they don’t want to be. Not saying what they’re doing is always fair, but them putting in effort to get the EU to pressure Bhutan should not be discouraged because of what they say and do in another conflict. What you’re doing is unfair to the political prisoners Amnesty is speaking out for.