profiles in courage

[David Morris]

Do you think HRW is a foggy source of information?  Or do you believe it
when Russia says Ukraine did this to their own people so they could blame
it on Russia?

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-apparent-war-crimes-russia-controlled-areas

*“The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and
violence against Ukrainian civilians,” said Hugh Williamson
<https://www.hrw.org/about/people/hugh-williamson>, Europe and Central Asia
director at Human Rights Watch. “Rape, murder, and other violent acts
against people in the Russian forces’ custody should be investigated as war
crimes.”*


On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 11:09 AM Thomas Eckhardt via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> All I am asking for with regard to allegations of atrocities is a modicum
> of critical thinking.

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> We don't know. So we should not rush to judgement.
>