India, Oct. 28 -- Amnesty International’s African section directors, in an open letter issued ahead of the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow from 28 to 29 October, called on African leaders attending the summit to urge the Russian authorities to immediately end what they described as coercive and deceptive recruitment of African nationals into Russia’s military forces to fight against Ukraine.
Call to raise issue with Russian authorities
The directors said African leaders “must call on the Russian authorities to immediately end” the recruitment practices and warned that “for African leaders to remain silent on this issue would be a profound disservice to the people of their countries.”
They urged leaders to address the issue directly with R...