A leading rights group says widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses.
FILE - Demonstrators sing the national anthem during a protest in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. The widespread resolve against Russia's invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses, a leading watchdog group said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, and comes amid growing dissatisfaction with autocratic regimes, with protests in Iran, China and elsewhere.
“All governments should bring the same spirit of solidarity to the multitude of human rights crises around the globe, and not just when it suits their interests,” she said. “Governments and the U.N. have condemned the summary killings, widespread sexual violence and pillage, but have done little else,” she said of the situation in Ethiopia, where Tigray forces signed an agreement with the government late last year in hope of ending the conflict.
“Autocrats rely on the illusion that their strong-arm tactics are necessary for stability, but as brave protesters around the world show time and again, repression is not a shortcut to stability,” Hassan said. “The protests in cities across China against the Chinese government's strict ‘zero-COVID’ lockdown measures show that people's desires for human rights cannot be erased despite Beijing's efforts to repress them.
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