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Lithuania quits treaty banning cluster bombs despite outrage
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- bell-cot 2y ago> Amnesty International called the move "disastrous", while Human Rights Watch said it was "alarming", and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned it "weakens vital protections for civilians". While both AI and the ICRC may feel that voicing moral outrage is mandatory, I'd assume that both of 'em are quite aware of how very <cough/> well <cough/> the Russians have treated civilians and PoW's in their recent wars.
- rasz 2y agoICRC doesnt, its russian branch RRC is teaching elementary school children how to handle a rifle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/29/red-cross-decides-against-suspending-russian-branch-despite-links-to-kremlin-war-machine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/29/red-cross-deci... https://www.newsweek.com/russian-schools-training-children-shoot-guns-2019554 https://www.newsweek.com/russian-schools-training-children-s... and helps kidnapping children https://vsquare.org/kremlin-leaks-russia-red-cross-ukrainian-children-guns/ https://vsquare.org/kremlin-leaks-russia-red-cross-ukrainian...