A brighter light on Russian war crimes
Posted on AllSides March 24th, 2022
From The Center
OPINION
On Monday at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed to send a subtle and timely message to officials in the Kremlin. He designated the military slaughter of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority in 2016-2017 as genocide. The possible message: Any official in Russia who assists in the intentional mass killing of civilians in Ukraine could someday face a similar prospect of international justice.
“By learning to spot the signs of the worst atrocities, we’re empowered to prevent them,” Mr. Blinken said.
With the announcement, the...
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