Peter Bouckaert: Why I shared Aylan Kurdi's photo
Peter Bouckaert, Emergency Director at Human Rights Watch, explained to Middle East Eye why he shared the now infamous photo of drown Syrian child Aylan Kurdi:
Some say the picture is too offensive to share online or print in our newspapers. But what I find offensive is that drowned children are washing up on our shorelines, when more could have been done to prevent their deaths.
It was not an easy decision to share a brutal image of a drowned child. But I care about these children as much as my own. Maybe if Europe’s leaders did too, they would try to stem this ghastly spectacle.
- See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/dispatches-why-i-shared-horrific-photo-drowned-syrian-child-497784738#sthash.HkCefZl0.dpuf"Some say the picture is too offensive to share online or print in our newspapers. But what I find offensive is that drowned children are washing up on our shorelines, when more could have been done to prevent their deaths."
"It was not an easy decision to share a brutal image of a drowned child. But I care about these children as much as my own. Maybe if Europe’s leaders did too, they would try to stem this ghastly spectacle."