I don’t wish to sound apocalyptic about this, but one has the sense that at present our society is simultaneously characterized by wildly disproportionate accountability for trivial transgressions and zero accountability for profound institutional failure.

Yesterday, @motherjones joined an international effort to help support the Russian investigative journalists of Meduza in English keep doing their vital work from Latvia. Read more from Monika Bauerlein here, and do what you can: motherjones.com/media/2022/03/…

Telecoms providers can bestow immediate relief for children fleeing Ukraine🇺🇦 to access remote learning & psychosocial support, by making it FREE to access existing online educational Ukrainian content📲 argues Hye Jung Han: hrw.org/news/2022/03/1… Are you in Orange Polska?

In #Ukraine , all schools are closed due to the war. But there's something that telecommunications providers can do to help Ukrainian children continue their education -- provide free access to education services, without charging for data. Hye Jung Han
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I reported on the disabled refugees who have been left behind by humanitarian organizations and can’t leave Ukraine. msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Scores of civilians fleeing northern Ukraine to escape Russian shelling found themselves victims of yet another assault. The use of explosive weapons with wide-area effects in populated areas heightens concerns of unlawful and disproportionate attacks.
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Hundreds of thousands of women flee or live in conflict in #Ukraine on this International Women's Day, a stark reminder that every conflict & refugee crisis is a women’s rights crisis. Women's & girls' rights should be upheld even in war.🧵hrw.org/news/2022/03/0… #IWD2022 Human Rights Watch

🇺🇦 #Ukraine : “Protect those with disabilities & older people caught up in the violence,” urge UN human rights experts. “Their chances of a successful evacuation are slim given their mobility impairment & the general lack of inclusive rescue processes.” ow.ly/H1Wj50IaSAR

Credible reports raise concern about safety of #Ukraine ’s 2.7 million disabled citizens, particularly those in residential care homes. I welcome information to clarify facts on the ground & assist in achieving accountability👉 ohchr.org/en/issues/disa…

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Testimonies from #Ukraine indicate persons w/disabilities, older persons & their families being severely impacted. Fighting in residential areas is leaving many cut off from vital support
Basic rules protecting civilians in conflicit aren't optional, but an obligation under law.

Oksana’s voice breaks a bit on the phone: “My 11-month-old daughter became ill on the 1st day of the war.”

She's now on a ventilator.

“Whenever there are air sirens, the doctors have to unplug her to go the basement (...),” Oksana explains.
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If kids ask if Russia is at war, teachers should answer no: it is conducting a “special peacekeeping operation” to stop a “nightmare of genocide” against “millions” of ethnic Russians & Russian speakers.

billvanesveld on Russia's school disinformation. hrw.org/news/2022/03/0…

Kharkiv is under relentless attack from Russian forces & their use of cluster munitions in populated areas shows a brazen & callous disregard for people’s lives that could amount to war crimes - Steve Goose #RussianUkrainianWar #RussiaUkraine
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UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on #Ukraine today should urge parties to conflict to take special precautions to protect older civilians, among others. Human Rights Watch recent global report shows time and again #olderpeople are invisible victims of war
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If there is an escalation in hostilities, a key issue of the renewed international focus on Ukraine should be protection of civilians.
Also, a reminder that Ukraine has been at war with Russia for 8 years: since Russia occupied Crimea and has been backing armed groups in Donbas.

First of its kind Human Rights Watch research and video on abuses against older people in armed conflict and protracted violence in countries around the world. hrw.org/news/2022/02/2…

Beijing’s Games of Shame should be reckoning for The Olympic Games

As #Beijing2022 closes,how will it will be seen in history?
🥇threats+abuses of athletes
🥇failures to protect children
🥇censorship
🥇sportswashing atrocities+
🥇propaganda bonanza for Xi Jinping
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Terrible news Russian# gov trying to shutter Russian #LGBT Network.

Network+Igor Kochetkov are courageous activists who fought Russia’s pernicious anti-LGBT laws+policies for years and before Sochi The Olympic Games—have saved many lives; by @HRW’s Tanya Lokshina hrw.org/news/2022/02/0…

Children with disabilities are left behind in peacetime, let alone in #conflict situations. Human Rights Watch points to little action taken since UN Security Council Resolution 2475 (2019), leaving scope to #acttoprotect Children and Armed Conflict 📍 #ACTtoProtect

Emina Ćerimović Save the Children International

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