• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    9 days ago

    Okay, I’m not sure what you mean by ‘civilians on the front line.’ Where do you think the majority of all the other civilians in the other wars are killed? It’s not away from the fighting.

    You say those conflicts need more exposure and yet, for some reason, you’re pretending they don’t also have massive civilian casualties.

    Also, this is not just about death or even wounding. As the headline says, this is about how it affects them. That includes things like sexual assault, something that is happening constantly in Darfur and to huge numbers of both women and children. If you had bothered to read the article, you would have read this part:

    U.N.-verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence were 50%