And it really is incredible that anyone should even have to say this to them.
This is just moral clarity, nothing else.
Those who say it's too simplistic, please tell me what you think should have a higher priority than saving human lives? What should politicians put above that?
This is a core value we all share, regardless of our various backgrounds & identities:
➡️ Above all, preserve life.
We should all demand that our elected leaders uphold fundamental values like this.
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#Ukraine's arrest of Denis Kulikovsky, a senior member of the Russia-backed armed group DNR is big news: a step toward justice.
In 2015-18, he oversaw the “Izoliatsiia” detention center in Donetsk, where @hrw & others have documented torture. hrw.org/news/2021/11/1…
The war in eastern #Ukraine will soon enter its 8th year. Human Rights Watch and other groups have documented grave crimes committed by Russia-backed armed groups in the east, many of which would amount to war crimes, including enforced disappearances, torture, and forced labor.
My colleague, @yuliagorbunova_, for example, witnessed the exhumation of a mass grave in Sloviansk, at the time controlled by Russia-backed armed groups who regularly beat and tortured civilians.
While the EU & its members focus on war talk, states of emergency & barbed wire, the acute suffering of women, men & children trapped in limbo is being ignored.
To prevent further deaths, the EU and its member states need to work with #Poland to immediately ensure humanitarian access to border areas, currently off-limits to those who can help.
#Poland should also halt unlawful pushbacks of migrants to #Belarus, where they will face inhuman and degrading treatment, and instead allow them access to its asylum procedure and decent reception conditions.
"less than 6% of the population in African states is vaccinated… The cause of such low vaccination rates is well-known: despite recent improvements, global production continues to lag behind demand, with developing countries facing long delays in accessing vaccines."
"Meanwhile, global solidarity is ineffective; so far, COVAX has shipped only around 400m doses of vaccines globally (compared with an initial target of delivering 1.9bn doses in 2021)."
The EU’s plan to regulate artificial intelligence is ill-equipped to protect people from flawed algorithms that deprive them of lifesaving benefits & discriminate against vulnerable populations.
“The EU’s proposal does not do enough to protect people from algorithms that unfairly strip them of the benefits they need to support themselves or find a job. The proposal also fails to put an end to abusive surveillance and profiling of people living in poverty.” - @AmosToh
In some EU countries, algorithms have become a key tool for rationalizing welfare cuts. In Austria, the government's algorithm to predict employment prospects cuts some people off from the support they need to find a job, jeopardizing their right to an adequate standard of living