Thread by @rgoodlaw

With reports "several thousand Mariupol residents have been taken to Russian territory" according to City Council (h/t @jimsciutto)

1. Equals war crime and element for Crime Against Humanity. #InternationalCriminalCourt articles👇

2. Easy case for prosecutor since it's a policy

2. "Captured Mariupol residents were taken to camps where Russian forces checked their phones and documents, then redirected some of the residents to remote cities in Russia, the statement said."

@journalist_5 @IvanCNN @AnneClaireCNN @alaaelassar report

cnn.com/2022/03/19/eur…

@journalist_5 @IvanCNN @AnneClaireCNN @alaaelassar 3. Mariupol Mayor:

"What the occupiers are doing today is familiar to the older generation, who saw the horrific events of World War II ... It is hard to imagine that in the 21st century people can be forcibly taken to another country."

ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/343…

4. Mariupol City Council's press service released its statement on Telegram, which is being reported by CNN and elsewhere.

Thanks to @UPI @CalleyNHair for linking to the full statement.

Telegram link: t.me/mariupolrada/8…