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ICRC Mourn Workers Killed On Duty @ 2025 World Red Cross Day Anniversary
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ICRC mourn workers killed on duty @ 2025 world Red Cross Day anniversary.
From Umar Dankano, Yola.
The International Committee of the Red Cross,ICRC has registered it’s protest over the killing of humanitarian workers working to save lives across the globe..
Public relations officer of the Committee Aliyu Dawobe disclosed the Organization ‘s displeasure through a press statement issued on Thursday in commeration to the World Red Cross Day anniversary stressing that attacks on humanitarian workers is unacceptable and much stop henceforth.
While mourning all those who sacrificed their lives in the course rendering services to humanity,the ICRC urged all
States and parties to conflict bear direct responsibility for reversing this disturbing and dangerous trend by protecting humanitarian workers, upholding international humanitarian law, and standing up for our shared humanity. The time to act is now.
“We mourn our colleagues who were appallingly killed while trying to save lives. Their deaths demand far more than empty words of outrage—they demand action.
“The international community cannot continue to look away as the rules of war are ignored, and humanitarian workers are deliberately targeted. Every attack on a humanitarian is an attack on the community they served, and a betrayal to the laws designed to protect civilians and alleviate suffering in conflict.
“The brutal killing of our colleagues at the Palestine Red Crescent Society in March sparked a global outcry. But their story is not isolated. From Gaza to Sudan, Ukraine, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, our colleagues are coming under fire while driving ambulances, distributing aid, and reaching frontline communities in need.
“Already this year, we have lost 10 colleagues. This follows the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers, with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement alone losing 38 staff and volunteers in 2024. If this horrifying pattern continues, 2025 may be even worse”.ICRC decried.
