Human beings are precious and the primary goal of humanitarian agencies is to save human life and prevent suffering. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
It might be wise for humanitarian agencies to instruct their research departments to start reading the considerable social, psychological and political literature on crowds and mass demonstrations. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
But, if not, then humanitarian agencies may be required to provide some innovative new forms of rapid response in the midst of widespread political protests of all kinds. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)