In a report published on Thursday, the human rights organization accused kyiv of endangering civilians by deploying troops in residential areas.
Le Monde with Reuters
Amnesty International apologized on Sunday, August 7 for “distress and anger” caused by his report accusing the Ukrainian authorities of endangering the civilian population, which provoked the anger of the Ukrainian President and trained the resignation of the Director of Amnesty in Ukraine.
In a report published Thursday , the human rights organization accused Ukraine of endangering civilians by deploying troops in neighborhoods residential as part of his war against Russia.
“Amnesty International deeply regrets the distress and anger caused by our press release on combat tactics of the Ukrainian army”, writes the NGO in an email in Reuters.
“Amnesty International’s priority in this conflict, as in any other conflict, is to ensure that civilians are protected. Indeed, this is the only objective of the latter’s publication. While Now entirely our conclusions, we regret the pain caused. “
a” attempt as amnestier a terrorist country “
kyiv has rebellious against the Amnesty report which participates, according to the country, in the propaganda of Moscow. President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized in his daily video speech, on Thursday evening, an “attempted amnestier a terrorist country” which places “the victim and the aggressor in a certain way on an equal footing”. He recalled that the Russian strikes destroyed nearly 200 churches and places of worship, 2,200 teaching institutions and 900 hospitals and clinics.
Friday, after having already distanced itself from the document, the director of Amnesty International in Ukraine, Oksana Pokalchuk, announced its resignation on its Facebook page