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"An international effort to trace and rescue tens of thousands of children
kidnapped from Ukraine to Russia and prosecute those responsible has been
crippled by the US state department’s deletion of evidence.
The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research
Lab, which was compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including
the abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine,
last month.
Using satellite imagery and other surveillance systems provided through the US
government, the Yale researchers were monitoring 116 sites in Russia.
A Yale source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would
have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to Ukraine.
It would also have been used to prosecute those behind their abductions –
including Russian president Vladimir Putin.
”It is unclear whether it was by accident or intent, but it may reveal or it
may cause potential criminal liability for the Trump administration, given
international prohibitions against the destruction of war crimes evidence,” the
Yale insider told
The Independent.
Further liability could be attached to the Trump administration for the
destruction of evidence in the prosecution of Putin, who has been indicted by
the International Criminal Court.
Researchers and lawyers working with the Yale project have also had to stop
sharing the data with the European Union which is also investigating the
abduction of children through EUROPOL.
“They [the state department] deleted the crime base on the arrest warrant on
Putin... whether they did it by accident, or they did it on purpose it's a hell
of a favour,” the Yale source told
The Independent.
“The worst part of this is not that it screws up prosecution, that's bad. The
worst part is that it screws up our active efforts to try to get the kids back
across the front line, physically,” they added"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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