Oświadczenie przewodniczącej Ukraińskiego oddziału AI :
> I am resigning from Amnesty International in Ukraine. This is another loss that the war brought me. Favorite work, 7 years of life, plans for the future, and the last 5 months – a lifeline in the form of human rights work for the benefit of the native country during the war. Everything crashed against the wall of bureaucracy and a deaf language barrier. It’s not about English, it’s about the fact that if you don’t live in a country invaded by invaders and are tearing it to pieces, you probably don’t understand what it is like to condemn an army of defenders. And there are no words in any language that can convey this to someone who has not felt this pain.
Even yesterday I had a naïve hope that I could fix everything. Let’s hold at least 200 meetings and still explain, reach out, convey our opinion. And that text will be deleted, and another will appear in its place. Today I realized that this will not happen.
I joined Amnesty International in Ukraine almost 7 years ago because, first of all, I shared the organization’s values. Amnesty International is more than 10 million people around the world and hundreds of activists in Ukraine, it is an instrument of influence on countries, on the authorities and people’s perception of various social problems in the world. This organization has incredibly strong human rights defenders, activists who move the sun and the planets to protect human rights in the most remote corners of the world.
Amnesty International has been working in Ukraine for more than 30 years, since the independence of our country. During our time in the organization, our team did a lot of work for the benefit of society: we investigated and documented human rights violations in occupied Crimea, documented crimes committed during the Revolution of Dignity, and demanded (and continue to demand) their effective investigation, fought for safety for the victims from domestic violence, conducted campaigns for Ukraine’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention, engaged in human rights education, development of activism and the human rights movement in Ukraine.
During these years, we have valued, sincerely, openly and relentlessly fought for the observance of human rights. We sought reforms from the government of Ukraine, and due attention to Ukraine and the necessary support from the international community.
Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression, we have not stopped emphasizing the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by Russia, the aggressor country. We thoroughly document these violations, and they will form the basis of numerous legal proceedings and help bring those responsible to justice. For example, I am convinced that our investigation of the attack on the Drama Theater in Mariupol will become a strong evidence and will help to punish the perpetrators of this terrible, inhumane crime. And in almost 6 months, we have published a number of scrupulous and high-quality studies.
I want to emphasize this, because it is important. It is not about international or local human rights organizations not recording the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces. The principle of independence and impartiality in such work is important, after all, this is precisely why international and national human rights organizations exist. But such important reports, which are published at such a moment and in such a context, cannot fail to contain data about the other side of the war, about the one who started this war.
We, from the side of the Ukrainian office, constantly emphasized that the press release that the organization issued on August 4 should have at least investigated two sides and taken into account the position of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. As we noted, Amnesty International representatives eventually asked the Ministry of Defense for a response, but gave very little time for a response. As a result, the organization unwittingly created material that sounded like support for Russian narratives. Seeking to protect civilians, this research instead became a tool of Russian propaganda.
Over the past few days, my colleagues and I have been actively conducting outreach work within the organization. I spoke with Amnesty representatives from dozens of countries around the world so that the position of Ukraine and Ukrainians would be heard. Also, I have repeatedly spoken with the top management, which, unfortunately, in this situation, did not take appropriate steps to protect the interests of the people for whose benefit the organization and the entire human rights movement works. In addition to the lack of a proper response, there was a major activism initiative by people around the world who were outraged by this press release.
It pains me to admit it, but the leadership of Amnesty International and I had a valuable parting of ways. Therefore, I decided to leave the organization. I believe that any work for the good of society should be done taking into account the local context and thinking through the consequences. And most importantly, I am convinced that our research should be done scrupulously and with people in mind, whose lives often directly depend on the words and actions of international organizations.
> I am leaving with the hope that we, Ukrainian men and women, representatives of civil society, will be able to change the attitude of the international community towards Ukraine by our actions and active position. We will be able to move international organizations, make them more humane, more flexible and able to effectively respond to crises not only in Ukraine, but also in the whole world: where dictatorships and despots seek to seize free people by force.
Najważniejsze w tym artykule jest to zdanie:
> niezależnie od tego, że AI zapewne nie kłamie w raporcie, to równocześnie daje rosyjskiej propagandzie narzędzie do ręki
I teraz po każdym ostrzelaniu osiedli mieszkaniowych w Kramatorsku, czy Sławiańsku rosyjska TV będzie mówić: “no przecież tam było ukraińskie wojsko. Nawet ta lewacka Amnesty pisała w swoim raporcie, że ciągle to robią”.
Najszczególniej w nagłówku
>‚Po drugie, jak zauważa w rozmowie z Onetem Michał Potocki z “Dziennika Gazety Prawnej”, raport całkowicie pomija fakt, iż władze ukraińskie najpierw wzywały do dobrowolnej, a 2 sierpnia zarządziły przymusową ewakuację mieszkańców obwodu donieckiego, tj. tego, gdzie toczą się obecnie najcięższe walki. Raport AI opublikowany został 4 sierpnia i nie tylko o tym nie wspomina, ale wręcz wzywa rząd Ukrainy do ewakuacji ludności cywilnej. Czynienie zarzutu z braku czegoś, co jest czynione, sprawia niedobre wrażenie, a biorąc pod uwagę wysiłek władz ukraińskich, które od początku wojny próbowały ewakuować ludność cywilną, osłabia wiarygodność raportu.’
To już troche karygodne
Cześć z tego jest taka:
To jest po prostu wytworzony ideologicznie szablon uczuć, góra organizacji ma jakieś kręgi w których się obraca i ma jakieś tak sówkę właśnie ideologiczne ideały do pielęgnowania.
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Oświadczenie przewodniczącej Ukraińskiego oddziału AI :
> I am resigning from Amnesty International in Ukraine. This is another loss that the war brought me. Favorite work, 7 years of life, plans for the future, and the last 5 months – a lifeline in the form of human rights work for the benefit of the native country during the war. Everything crashed against the wall of bureaucracy and a deaf language barrier. It’s not about English, it’s about the fact that if you don’t live in a country invaded by invaders and are tearing it to pieces, you probably don’t understand what it is like to condemn an army of defenders. And there are no words in any language that can convey this to someone who has not felt this pain.
Even yesterday I had a naïve hope that I could fix everything. Let’s hold at least 200 meetings and still explain, reach out, convey our opinion. And that text will be deleted, and another will appear in its place. Today I realized that this will not happen.
I joined Amnesty International in Ukraine almost 7 years ago because, first of all, I shared the organization’s values. Amnesty International is more than 10 million people around the world and hundreds of activists in Ukraine, it is an instrument of influence on countries, on the authorities and people’s perception of various social problems in the world. This organization has incredibly strong human rights defenders, activists who move the sun and the planets to protect human rights in the most remote corners of the world.
Amnesty International has been working in Ukraine for more than 30 years, since the independence of our country. During our time in the organization, our team did a lot of work for the benefit of society: we investigated and documented human rights violations in occupied Crimea, documented crimes committed during the Revolution of Dignity, and demanded (and continue to demand) their effective investigation, fought for safety for the victims from domestic violence, conducted campaigns for Ukraine’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention, engaged in human rights education, development of activism and the human rights movement in Ukraine.
During these years, we have valued, sincerely, openly and relentlessly fought for the observance of human rights. We sought reforms from the government of Ukraine, and due attention to Ukraine and the necessary support from the international community.
Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression, we have not stopped emphasizing the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by Russia, the aggressor country. We thoroughly document these violations, and they will form the basis of numerous legal proceedings and help bring those responsible to justice. For example, I am convinced that our investigation of the attack on the Drama Theater in Mariupol will become a strong evidence and will help to punish the perpetrators of this terrible, inhumane crime. And in almost 6 months, we have published a number of scrupulous and high-quality studies.
I want to emphasize this, because it is important. It is not about international or local human rights organizations not recording the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces. The principle of independence and impartiality in such work is important, after all, this is precisely why international and national human rights organizations exist. But such important reports, which are published at such a moment and in such a context, cannot fail to contain data about the other side of the war, about the one who started this war.
We, from the side of the Ukrainian office, constantly emphasized that the press release that the organization issued on August 4 should have at least investigated two sides and taken into account the position of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. As we noted, Amnesty International representatives eventually asked the Ministry of Defense for a response, but gave very little time for a response. As a result, the organization unwittingly created material that sounded like support for Russian narratives. Seeking to protect civilians, this research instead became a tool of Russian propaganda.
Over the past few days, my colleagues and I have been actively conducting outreach work within the organization. I spoke with Amnesty representatives from dozens of countries around the world so that the position of Ukraine and Ukrainians would be heard. Also, I have repeatedly spoken with the top management, which, unfortunately, in this situation, did not take appropriate steps to protect the interests of the people for whose benefit the organization and the entire human rights movement works. In addition to the lack of a proper response, there was a major activism initiative by people around the world who were outraged by this press release.
It pains me to admit it, but the leadership of Amnesty International and I had a valuable parting of ways. Therefore, I decided to leave the organization. I believe that any work for the good of society should be done taking into account the local context and thinking through the consequences. And most importantly, I am convinced that our research should be done scrupulously and with people in mind, whose lives often directly depend on the words and actions of international organizations.
> I am leaving with the hope that we, Ukrainian men and women, representatives of civil society, will be able to change the attitude of the international community towards Ukraine by our actions and active position. We will be able to move international organizations, make them more humane, more flexible and able to effectively respond to crises not only in Ukraine, but also in the whole world: where dictatorships and despots seek to seize free people by force.
Najważniejsze w tym artykule jest to zdanie:
> niezależnie od tego, że AI zapewne nie kłamie w raporcie, to równocześnie daje rosyjskiej propagandzie narzędzie do ręki
I teraz po każdym ostrzelaniu osiedli mieszkaniowych w Kramatorsku, czy Sławiańsku rosyjska TV będzie mówić: “no przecież tam było ukraińskie wojsko. Nawet ta lewacka Amnesty pisała w swoim raporcie, że ciągle to robią”.
Najszczególniej w nagłówku
>‚Po drugie, jak zauważa w rozmowie z Onetem Michał Potocki z “Dziennika Gazety Prawnej”, raport całkowicie pomija fakt, iż władze ukraińskie najpierw wzywały do dobrowolnej, a 2 sierpnia zarządziły przymusową ewakuację mieszkańców obwodu donieckiego, tj. tego, gdzie toczą się obecnie najcięższe walki. Raport AI opublikowany został 4 sierpnia i nie tylko o tym nie wspomina, ale wręcz wzywa rząd Ukrainy do ewakuacji ludności cywilnej. Czynienie zarzutu z braku czegoś, co jest czynione, sprawia niedobre wrażenie, a biorąc pod uwagę wysiłek władz ukraińskich, które od początku wojny próbowały ewakuować ludność cywilną, osłabia wiarygodność raportu.’
To już troche karygodne
Cześć z tego jest taka:
To jest po prostu wytworzony ideologicznie szablon uczuć, góra organizacji ma jakieś kręgi w których się obraca i ma jakieś tak sówkę właśnie ideologiczne ideały do pielęgnowania.
A prawda powinna zwyciężyć, jak najlepiej
Chcą mieć pozycje, niezależnie czemu