Attualità - 11/05/2022
Are death and suffering in Ukraine different than in Yemen, Afghanistan or Ethiopia? Double standards in humanitarian assistance
Le morti e la sofferenza in Ucraina sono diverse da quelle di Yemen, Afghanistan o Etiopia? Doppi standard nell’assistenza umanitaria
Media coverage of humanitarian crises and questionable impartiality
The massacre of at least 320 civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, captured the headlines of mass media in March 2022, triggering a global outcry and spurring a new round of sanctions against Russia by the US, UK, and the EU. During the same days, some 300 people, most of them civilians, were murdered in Moura, Mali, allegedly by the Malian army and Russian mercenaries, in an anti-jihadist offensive.1 This massacre received, however, lit…
