They saw people in desperate need of the basics for survival.
They saw streets littered with unexploded ordnances.
Here’s more on what they saw 👇
People they met were deeply traumatized.
When they started to talk to someone, people immediately begun crying.
One man hadn’t slept for a month and a half.
It’s difficult to comprehend what people have endured.
Apr 5, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Mauritania
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Ethiopia
Kenya
South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sudan
Nigeria
Central African Republic
Chad
Cameroon
Niger
Mali
Right now, over 346 million people are suffering from severe food insecurity.
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People are skipping meals everyday.
Families are going without food and water.
Children are dying of malnutrition.
📢 The situation is alarming.
📢 The situation is only getting worse.
Mar 29, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
False information is continuing to circulate about us online.
This doesn’t just harm us as an organisation.
It harms our people and everyone we seek to help, everyday, around the world.
Check what you share. Here are the facts 👇
The ICRC has never taken part in any alleged forced evacuations of civilians to Russia.
We would never take part in any forced evacuations of civilians.
Anywhere we work. Ever.
Mar 27, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Who are we, where do we work, and what do we do?
This is ICRC 👇
Our organization.
We’re an international humanitarian organization.
We work in over 100 countries. From Syria, to Bangladesh, to Colombia, to Niger.
Our mandate comes from the Geneva Conventions:
To protect and assist people in need, no matter where they are.
Mar 26, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Over the past few days, false information about us has been circulating online.
This could put our Red Cross staff, volunteers, and the people we seek to help at risk.
So we’re addressing this head on. These are the facts 👇
We never help organize or carry out forced evacuations.
This is true in Ukraine. This is true for everywhere we work around the world.
We would not support any operation that goes against people’s will.
Mar 25, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We speak to all parties to a conflict, to protect and assist civilians.
Under the Geneva Conventions, this is our mandate.
Last week, our President was in Ukraine. Yesterday, he was in Russia.
Here’s how that dialogue helps those in need 👇
Communities across the country are in desperate need of aid.
To get safe access to all communities, we talk to all parties.
So we can cross frontlines without being attacked and ensure aid reaches people in need.
Mar 17, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
There are over 100 armed conflicts happening in the world right now.
Here are 5 you may not have heard about👇
1️⃣ #Ethiopia:
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes due to the violence.
Families are separated and are vulnerable to exploitation.
Access to basic services, like water and healthcare, is limited.
Their resilience is stretched to the limit.
Mar 13, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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Time is running out for hundreds of thousands trapped in #Mariupol.
They have endured a living nightmare. They cannot hold on any longer.
We’re urgently calling for a humanitarian agreement.
People need safety. People need food. And they need it now.
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The sound of warfare is constant.
People of all ages are sheltering in unheated basements. It’s freezing in #Mariupol.
People are terrified. They’re traumatized. They’re getting sick.
They have no way out.
Mar 12, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Our colleagues in #Mariupol are taking shelter in our office.
This is how one described the situation 👇
“There's no electricity, water and gas supply. Meaning no means for heating.
Some people still have food, but I’m not sure for how long it will last.
Many report having no food for children.”
Mar 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Many of you are asking about our work in #Ukraine, as the situation becomes increasingly dire and desperate.
In just 2 weeks:
👉 Homes have been reduced to rubble
👉 Families have no food, no water, no heat, no medical care
Additional staff arrived this week to help rapidly scale up our work.
This includes medical staff, weapons contamination specialists and emergency team members.
Mar 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
People are living in terror in Mariupol, desperate for safety.
Today’s attempt to start evacuating an estimated 200,000 people has failed.
The failed attempts underscore the absence of a detailed and functioning agreement between parties to the conflict. #Ukraine
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We are not and cannot be the guarantor of a ceasefire agreement between the parties or of its implementation.
As a neutral and impartial humanitarian intermediary, we've been facilitating dialogue between the parties on the safe passage of civilians.
Civilians need safety.
Mar 4, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
We’ve received thousands of questions on the Geneva Conventions.
So, we’re going to break down the rules of war you need to know right now.
All states have signed these – and are legally obligated to follow them.
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Civilians.
👉 They cannot be attacked.
👉 They must be protected.
👉 They are not a target.
Whatever wording you use – the message is the same. It is illegal.
Oct 28, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We strongly condemn the latest surge in violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Civilian casualties mount as there is intense shelling in urban areas.
Just today, an @AzRedCrescent volunteer died. He was a father of two.
With the @IFRC and the Red Cross Red Crescent family, we offer our most heartfelt condolences to the family of the volunteer.
Two other volunteers were injured.
Oct 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Imagine: 2 countries are at war with each other.
Country ‘A’ launches a cyber attack against the health system of Country ‘B’, disrupting hospitals in a major city.
Under the rules of war, is this acceptable?
79% of you are correct!
Events in recent years have shown that cyber operations, whether during or outside of conflict, can disrupt the operation of critical civilian infrastructure and hamper the delivery of essential services to the population.
Nov 26, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Not inevitable.
Not acceptable.
Not an accident.
Sexual violence is a crime, whenever and wherever it takes place.
Here’s how we’re trying to prevent it and provide care for survivors.
Preventing sexual violence is one of the oldest rules of war.
Sexual violence was punished by death in the Lieber Code, first modern code on the law of war, written in 1863.
The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols also prohibit sexual violence at any time.
Aug 12, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
We might be biased, but we think the #GenevaConventions are the most important achievements of the 20th century.
Today they turn 70.
Here’s why it’s so important that even wars have rules. #GC70#thread
Torture is unacceptable.
Sexual violence is prohibited.
Sick & wounded must be cared for.
Hospitals must not be attacked.
Detainees must be treated humanely.
Families should know the fate of missing relatives.
The dead deserve dignity.
Let’s go.
Joffrey. Tywin. Cersei. Ramsay Bolton. Walder Frey. Euron Greyjoy. Masters of the Harpy.
They have all killed sick or wounded soldiers.
Even if they are the enemy, all sick or wounded on land they are protected under the first Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols.
Mar 29, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Al Hol camp in Syria has grown from 10,000 people to 76,000 in three months.
@FCarboniICRC was there last week. We asked him to tell us about what he saw.
It’s horrifying. Thread.
“While walking a bundle on the ground caught my eye. I thought it was trash. But no: It was blankets intertwined with two babies 4-5 months old. Just left there. People walking all around them.
"After 22 years as a humanitarian worker, I wouldn't have thought I could be so shocked by the fact that the int'l community is unable to prevent so much suffering.
1. Health care:
It´s quite shocking to see a medical facility full of people who haven't been paid in I don´t know how many months.
A broken system which somehow has to cope with the influx of wounded civilians. Some hospitals in Aden have just 3 hours of electricity a day.
Jun 15, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Yemen: Our colleagues still on the ground in #Hodeida share what they're seeing in a city bracing for the worst. #thread
Civilians in the city are under immense pressure.
You can feel the tension in the streets. Instead of focusing on celebrating #Eid with their families, people are stocking up on food and fuel to survive.
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