Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Ukrinform / Future Publishing / Getty Images After the publication of a report by Amnesty International, the NGO is accused of serving Russian propaganda by equating the action of Moscow and that of the armed forces of the ‘Ukraine (illustration photo taken from Ukrainian gunners in the Kharkiv region on July 28). Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Ukrinform / Future Publishing / Getty Images After the publication of a report by Amnesty International, the NGO is accused of serving Russian propaganda by equating the action of Moscow and that of the armed forces of the ‘Ukraine (illustration photo taken from Ukrainian gunners in the Kharkiv region on July 28). WAR IN UKRAINE – The Ukrainian army endangers the civilian population because of the military tactics it employs in its resistance against Russia. Here is what the NGO Amnesty International asserts in a report published Thursday, August 4 and which has not ceased since to arouse outraged reactions. Thus, President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a Russian “amnesty attempt by the terrorist state” after the report was exposed. And to add that the document put “the victim and the aggressor in a certain way on an equal footing”. ⚡️ Ukrainian forces have put civilians in harm’s way by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated residential areas. — Amnesty International (@amnesty) See the tweet But what does this report contain to scandalize the kyiv authorities to such an extent and lead the local head of Amnesty International to resign? The NGO accuses the Ukrainian army of establishing military bases in schools and hospitals, and of launching attacks from populated areas, a tactic which it says violates international humanitarian law and which puts people at great risk. population. A thesis which therefore shares the blame between Moscow and kyiv, which the Kremlin welcomes, delighted to be able to blame its opponent. Civilians as human shields? Based on field investigations following Russian strikes in the regions of Kharkiv (in the east), Donbass and Mykolaiv (southeast), during which the targets of the strikes were inspected and witnesses interviewed , Amnesty International says it has obtained evidence that the Ukrainian military launched strikes from residential areas populated by civilians and established bases in civilian buildings in 19 towns and villages in these areas. All this without asking local people to evacuate. “We have documented a tendency for Ukrainian forces to endanger civilians and violate the laws of war when operating in populated areas,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International. And in fact, despite criticism from Volodymyr Zelensky or the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kouleba, who said he was “outraged” by the “unfair” accusations of the NGO, Amnesty International explained that it was “fully maintaining” its report. . Agnès Callamard notably hammered it with Agence France Presse. She stresses that these conclusions are “based on evidence obtained during large-scale investigations subject to the same rigorous standards and verification process as all of Amnesty International’s work”. Amnesty “assumes” but rejects the equivalence of crimes It therefore deplores the reaction of the Ukrainian authorities “which risks paralyzing a legitimate and important discussion of these issues” of protection of civilians, specifying that the government had not responded to a request reaction or comment before the publication of the report. And to reject the thesis according to which the report would put on the same level the Russian invader and the attacked Ukrainian. Still according to Agnès Callamard, the NGO “clearly indicated that the Ukrainian military practices” described in its report, including the installation of military infrastructure in schools and hospitals, “in no way justify the systematic violations by Russia international humanitarian law”. She concludes: “Ignoring violations committed by one privileged party over the other would not be a way of accounting for human rights. After the publication of the report, some international observers regretted that certain aspects had not been sufficiently taken into account during the drafting. They refer here to the fact that Ukraine has not had the opportunity to choose the terrain on which it is waging battle against Russia, in particular because of a long process of infiltration of society by pro-Russians , resulting in a disorderly conflict fought in an urban setting and involving many inexperienced, if not completely new, civilians. “Unintentionally” useful for Russian propaganda Similarly, the report does not include elements such as the fact that kyiv has regularly called on the civilian population to move away from the front lines, and that the humanitarian situation is extremely difficult in areas where Ukrainian forces are absent, which would tend to put Amnesty International’s conclusions into perspective. Anyway, faced with the outcry triggered by the publication of the report, the local leader of the NGO in Ukraine, Oksana Pokaltchouk, announced her resignation overnight from Friday to Saturday. A decision that she justifies by deploring that the publication of the report unwittingly served “Russian propaganda”. “If you do not live in a country invaded by occupiers who are dividing it, you probably do not understand what it is to condemn an army of defenders,” she adds, claiming to have asked the management of Amnesty International not to publish a document which would only be partial and which would not integrate the vision of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. “Consequently, the organization released a report that seemed to unwittingly support the Russian version. Striving to protect civilians, this report has become a tool of Russian propaganda. See also on the HuffPost: War in Ukraine: New deadly Russian strikes, Zelensky condemns “a terrorist act” You cannot view this content because you have refused cookies associated with third-party content. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices.
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