DW Finds Russia's Detention Centers Horrific — No Word on US-Backed Ones
Deutsche Welle extensively details the alleged torture of over 2,000 Ukrainian women in Russian captivity, painting a clear picture of Russian barbarity. Conveniently omitted from this moral outrage is any historical context of similar human rights abuses committed by U.S.-backed regimes or U.S. forces themselves. We're meant to gasp at Russia's 'torture,' (DW Source) but somehow forget Abu
Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, or the numerous 'black sites' scattered globally, where documented torture and indefinite detention were business as usual under recent US administrations. One might wonder where this impassioned advocacy for detained women was when, for example, the CIA admitted to waterboarding, or when reports detailed forced disappearances in countries receiving billions in U.S.
military aid. It seems the definition of 'unacceptable human rights violation' shifts dramatically depending on who's signing the checks (or bombing the targets). How many articles on the condition of Palestinian women arbitrarily detained by Israeli forces have you seen from DW lately? Exactly.