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One of the major reasons humanitarian organisations are not attacked or even protected is because generally they provide benefits impartially, officially or oth
by omeid2 3y ago
One of the major reasons humanitarian organisations are not attacked or even protected is because generally they provide benefits impartially, officially or otherwise. This makes attacking them "spitting into the well" and risk not only depriving yourself of the benefits but also earning yourself enemies from all sides.
I don't believe this dynamic exists online, for one, the belligerents are often in the shadows and don't depend or rely on any "community" or locality that might be benefiting from humanitarian work.
The only benefit this digital certificate might provide is prosecution grounds for harsher punishments, which isn't useless, but far from being a red cross or lion.
- paganel 3y agoAnother reason is that many humanitarian organisations get out of the conflict zone pretty fast once their handlers' real antagonists come to the fore, notice how's no Red Cross or any such presence in the Donbass, to say nothing of the many countries in the Sahel and in Central Africa which have switched sides to the Russians and the Chinese. As to why the West chooses to instrumentalise humanitarian organisations, that's another discussion.
- simbolit 3y ago>notice how's no Red Cross or any such presence in the Donbass "The Russian Red Cross (RKK), together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will provide assistance to internally displaced persons in Donbass" https://www.emergency-live.com/news/the-other-side-of-the-fighting-in-donbass-unhcr-will-support-the-russian-red-cross-for-refugees-in-russia/ https://www.emergency-live.com/news/the-other-side-of-the-fi... >to say nothing of the many countries in the Sahel Red Cross in Mali: https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/mali https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/mali Red Cross in Niger: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/operational-update-niger-more-130000-people-supported-by-red-cross-one-month https://www.icrc.org/en/document/operational-update-niger-mo... Could you explain further?
- paganel 3y agoDidn’t see any Red Cross thingies close to the battle-fronts, as in, putting themselves in harms’ way in order to save lives. I’m talking about Ukraine/Russia, which is the conflict I’ve followed closer. I’m convinced the same holds true about Niger and Mali, where they most probably enjoy diplomatic neo-colonial status close to the capital. In other words, show me the Red Cross people who have lost their lives close to the lines of battle in the last 5-10-15 years and I’ll change my opinion. Otherwise, stuff like this just denotes laziness when it comes to investing in real IT security.
- simbolit 3y agohttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19173330 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19173330 - Two Red Cross workers killed in Lebanon camp https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/10/514507808/red-cross-reacts-to-killing-of-6-staffers-were-completely-devastated https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/02/10/5145078... - six killed in Afghanistan https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/two-red-cross-workers-killed-attack-western-mali-2022-06-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/two-red-cross-workers-k... - Two Red Cross workers killed in attack in western Mali I think you might just not be well informed, combined with being too lazy to do a 2 minute web search "red cross workers killed". I half expect you now to say "yeah, but it isn't that many people", which might be because it is a a WAR CRIME to kill Red Cross workers. Really, seriously smh.