The MV Ocean Viking, search and rescue vessel chartered by SOS MEDITERRANEE in partnership with the IFRC, was deliberately targeted in a shooting by the Libyan Coast Guard.
I’d say there is quantitative difference, e.g. if you count them, human rights / international law violations by the EU are far lower than by Russia, China or the US. However in terms of “quality” you will find many examples, where the EU or individual EU countries are engaged in the same type of crimes.
I.e. being involved in wars of aggression, illegal occupation, destabilizing countries through financing and arming militias (“terror groups” if they would oppose EU interests), arms exports to murderous regimes, neocolonial economic policies, crack down on civil liberties such as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, more totalitarian surveillance measures, brutal border regimes…
We must stay vigilant and fight back against more moves into that direction, lest the EU becomes more and more like the mentioned nations.
I’d say there is quantitative difference, e.g. if you count them, human rights / international law violations by the EU are far lower than by Russia, China or the US. However in terms of “quality” you will find many examples, where the EU or individual EU countries are engaged in the same type of crimes.
I.e. being involved in wars of aggression, illegal occupation, destabilizing countries through financing and arming militias (“terror groups” if they would oppose EU interests), arms exports to murderous regimes, neocolonial economic policies, crack down on civil liberties such as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, more totalitarian surveillance measures, brutal border regimes…
We must stay vigilant and fight back against more moves into that direction, lest the EU becomes more and more like the mentioned nations.