On 28 September 2022, Sputnik Not's satirical account published post on Twitter presenting Agnès Callamard, Secretary-General of Amnesty International, adding the following description:
Amnesty's chief Agnes Callamard calls on Ukraine not to shoot recently mobilized Russian troops due to the fact that killing untrained fighters would be very unfair.
Tweet turned out to be a very popular clickbait, which many people picked on.
Source: Twitter/Aleksandra Wójcicka
Satira / Joke
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Sputnik Not, as the name itself suggests, has nothing to do with the Russian government information agency, which they clearly emphasize in their description accounts Twitter. Authors They mock It's mostly Russian propaganda.
Source: Twitter/Sputnik NotThe entry in the incorrectly interpreted context was popular on Facebook and was multiple made available. The author besides became a satirical writer. Rafał Ziemkiewicz, celebrated for his research.
Source: Twitter/ZiemkiewiczAmnesty global on the Russian-Ukrainian War
In preparing his tweet, Sputnik Not referred to August report Amnesty International, which concluded that:
(...) During the repelling of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian troops put the civilian population in danger, establishing military bases in populated residential areas, in facilities specified as schools and hospitals, as well as operating weapons systems in these locations.
A fewer days later, the organization released statement, in which she apologizes for the pain and anger caused by the press release on the tactics of the Ukrainian troops, and noted that serious errors were made in the field of consultation and communication during the work.
Due to the confusion caused by the Amnesty global membership study in Stockholm quit Per Waestberg, who opened the branch there in the 1960s.
AI published many reports on the current war in Ukraine. 1 of last is this condemning Russian army attack on the civilian convoy in Zaporozh from September 30.
Summary
Sputnik Not's account has nothing to do with the Russian news agency. It only publishes satirical content that hits mainly the Cremlow propaganda. Before publishing a post it is worth checking as basic things as its author. In particular, this should be expected from public figures.
Sources
AI: https://amnesty.org.pl/Ukrainian-military-tactics-state-risk-to-civil-people/
