Keep an eye on the Myanmar war too.

Neighbour's nephew went out with friends last week in the evening, he got swept in a conscription drive and she hasn't heard from him since.

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NativePortlander1970

I thought the Geneva convention outlawed such practices.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@NativePortlander1970 Unfortunately a piece of paper has never stopped dictators from doing what they want.

NativePortlander1970

@FreddieUK Which is why the Hague exists, to prosecute them when arrested by Interpol

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@NativePortlander1970 That's OK but the same dictators who ignore the Geneva Convention also refuse to recognise the ICC. Arresting the leaders of such countries is fraught with difficulties e.g. Netanyahu and the Hamas leaders as other autocrats protect them lest their own empires crumble.

NativePortlander1970

@FreddieUK Bibi is only finishing what hamas started