The Red Cross needs to reclaim its hijacked neutrality | Simon Jenkins

As it turns 150, the ICRC must work to reassert its reputation – undermined by Blair's wars and political adventurism

Polio has broken out in Syria. What are we going to do about it? There are refugees starving in the Sahara and drowning off Italy. Shias are being massacred in Iraq, Congolese are being raped, Egyptians tortured, Roma trafficked, Pashtun villagers drone-bombed. You can't stand idly by. Do something.

This week is the 150th anniversary of the forming of the International Committee...