It is sad, but true. The Gulag horrors are being expanded in Russia. Innocent civilians from Ukraine are suffering there. Out of our sight, out of reach from their suffering families. Pain radiates out from their locations and maybe you and I, if we care enough, will speak of them and condemn their captors and regime which perpetuates this psychopathic environment.
July 13, 2023, headline:
Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more.
Journalists, and the Ukrainian government, have been telling us that for the past four years of Russian aggression against Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainians have been swept up during the war and driven to be tortured and incarcerated in old and new Gulag style prisons.
Under Russian law these people have no status.
Under international law, civilians must never be imprisoned during war.
A Russian government document obtained by The Associated Press dating to January outlined plans to create 25 new prison colonies and six other detention centers in occupied Ukraine by 2026.
Watching this unfold, some have ideas to emulate this concept. Prisons are supposed to be for persons tried and convicted by a respected and fair justice system.
Harsh solutions are also emerging against innocent migrants.
From hotels to ‘detention centres’ for migrants who have sought refuge away from their homeland to another country where they wanted to be safe and earn a living. Now we hear of migrants hubs to ‘process asylum claims’ – but it seems like a dumping ground to deport them away from safety.
The Gulag mentality has seeped into the minds of more governments and their populations as human rights are dismissed and persecution of innocents is becoming more acceptable.
This savagery has shown itself throughout history, as mental instability permeates societies not strong enough to protect the innocent.
Now is the time for us to show strength and to ensure this wrong direction is averted and we progress and evolve as human beings are capable of doing.
Don’t follow false gods.
Pope Leo XIV has already made some clear observations:
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