Parents cannot influence whether their children engage in such labour activities during their studies, [according to human rights advocate Maria Sulyalina, Head of the Almenda Centre for Civic Education].
“This means that during vocational lessons, children can be involved in preparing various types of goods for the Russian army. And we have already documented cases in Crimea where children were involved in preparing parts for drones, other Russian weapons, and sewing clothes for Russian soldiers. These are Ukrainian children, occupied by these very soldiers,” Sulyalina emphasised.
She stressed that this represents a significant component of destroying national identity, permeating the entire education system that Russians are implementing in the occupied territories.
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Specifically, Russian textbooks, which the occupiers immediately replaced Ukrainian books with in schools, emphasise that Ukraine does not exist as an independent state.
Among other things, Russian occupiers are creating various types of military-patriotic camps and conducting numerous military-patriotic events where children, in essence, acquire military skills. An increasing number of children are participating in these activities.
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Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
If protected persons are of enemy nationality, they may only be compelled to do work which is normally necessary to ensure the feeding, sheltering, clothing, transport and health of human beings and which is not directly related to the conduct of military operations.
The Occupying Power may not compel protected persons to work unless they are over eighteen years of age…
If they cared about any of the rules, they wouldn’t be launching missiles and drones at our cities every night.
Don’t think they care mate
Just another item on Russia’s Geneva Checklist…
Forcing children to make uniforms for their oppressors.
If anything is worse than just killing people, it’s Russia’s crimes against Ukrainian children (this article is just one example of many).
It’s part of the definition of genocide btw, and rightly so.
Russias fall list:
[X] Having to use child labour
85 years ago.
I found the picture here https://www.dawn.com/news/1283465 but I am not sure if it’s from Russia (As the milling machine is from USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Norman_Machine_Tool_Company )
24 years in the future
What film is that from?
(also pretty sure something very similar is happening right now)
Blade Runner 2049, apparently.
