{"id":197613,"date":"2022-08-09T22:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=197613"},"modified":"2022-08-09T22:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:51:47","slug":"ukraine-in-flames-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-in-flames-152","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty Shame International. How human rights organizations play along with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

On August 4, Amnesty International published a notorious report alleging Ukraine uses fighting tactics that endanger civilians and, thus, pushing the blame from the aggressor state to the country desperately defending every inch of its territory. The publication immediately faced harsh criticism from the Ukrainian government, journalists, and human rights organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called out Amnesty International for creating a \u201cfalse balance between the criminal and the victim,\u201d and Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov called the report \u201cout of touch with reality and a way to destroy the authority\u201d of the organization. Many experts have criticized Amnesty\u2019s lack of understanding of the military situation and aiding the Kremlin propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not the first time Amnesty International falls under criticism from Ukraine. Such was the case with the manipulative reports on illegal detention places in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions prepared in 2015-2016, disproportionately covering the cases of forced disappearances perpetrated by the Ukrainian special forces and Russian proxies. Overall, the role of international human rights organizations in the Russia-Ukraine war has been highly controversial, and often dangerous for Ukraine, considering how Russia exploits these organizations\u2019 reports to justify its war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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