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JustAnotherGen

(37,752 posts)
9. I certainly hope
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 01:33 PM
Aug 2025

You aren't accusing me of that.


While everyone else posts about, reads, and obsesses over Gaza -

I've been laser focused on Ukraine and Sudan.

Those children matter too.

https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/trafficking-of-ukrainian-children-including-for-sexual-and-labour%C2%A0exploitation-risks-in-spotlight
What is the CGU’s mandate?

The CGU’s activities aim to uphold the rights of the children of Ukraine in all Council of Europe member states, including Ukraine, hosting children of Ukraine who have been evacuated or who have fled Russia’s war of aggression. They also address the plight of unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred children who have returned to Ukraine or another Council of Europe member state, notably as regards the deep trauma experienced.



They are Russkie bargaining chips:

The HRL identified the abducted children through an analysis of databases, family ties, official documents, and satellite images. HRL director Nathaniel Raymond described the kidnappings as potentially one of the biggest crimes against children since World War II.

“This is likely the largest child abduction in war since WWII—comparable to the Germanification of Polish children by the Nazis,” he said.

“Taking a child from one ethnic or national group and making them part of another ethnic or national group – that’s a war crime.”

Raymond added that the kidnappings serve a political purpose, with the children being used as bargaining chips to influence Ukraine’s position in negotiations.


1,366 have been returned. That's it.


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How many are forced into the child sex trade? Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #1
They are copying the Nazis in Poland JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #2
In part yes. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #4
We only know what we KNOW JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #5
We can also make intelligent informed guesses based on facts. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #6
ALL of the Russians are in on it JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #7
Of course they are. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #8
I certainly hope JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #9
My post earlier today JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #3
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