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Amnesty International’s Ukraine chief resigns after report criticizes Kyiv
By Bryan Pietsch
Updated August 8, 2022 at 12:58 a.m. EDT Published August 7, 2022 at 4:41 a.m. EDT
The head of Amnesty International in Ukraine said she was quitting her job after the human rights organization issued a report that criticized Ukraine’s military, sparking backlash among Ukrainian officials who said it was unfairly blaming the victim in Russia’s war.
Oksana Pokalchuk, who had led the organization’s efforts in Ukraine, said in a Facebook post announcing her resignation that it was “another loss that the war has cost me.”
She said that although she was proud of the work that Amnesty International did to highlight Russian war crimes, the report issued last week — which alleged that “Ukrainian fighting tactics endanger civilians” — became a point of conflict between the staff in the Ukrainian office and the larger organization...
Amnesty International’s Ukraine chief resigns after report criticizes Kyiv
By Bryan Pietsch
Updated August 8, 2022 at 12:58 a.m. EDT Published August 7, 2022 at 4:41 a.m. EDT
The head of Amnesty International in Ukraine said she was quitting her job after the human rights organization issued a report that criticized Ukraine’s military, sparking backlash among Ukrainian officials who said it was unfairly blaming the victim in Russia’s war.
Oksana Pokalchuk, who had led the organization’s efforts in Ukraine, said in a Facebook post announcing her resignation that it was “another loss that the war has cost me.”
She said that although she was proud of the work that Amnesty International did to highlight Russian war crimes, the report issued last week — which alleged that “Ukrainian fighting tactics endanger civilians” — became a point of conflict between the staff in the Ukrainian office and the larger organization...