Amnesty International Australia
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Responding to the news of the escalating bombing campaign by the Syrian government and its ally Russia in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside which has left scores dead and hundreds injured in the past month, Amnesty International’s Diana Semaan, Syria researcher, said: “The Syrian government, with the backing of Russia, is intentionally targeting its own …
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Amnesty International is calling on the Syrian government to allow the urgent medical evacuation of more than 500 sick and injured civilians from the besieged Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus. According to medical personnel in Eastern Ghouta, some 529 patients require urgent treatment for their injuries or diseases – treatment that is unavailable in the …
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Verified photographs show Soviet-made cluster munitions used over densely populated areas by Syrian government forces Doctors describe dire humanitarian situation – including widespread malnutrition – amid tightening siege Witnesses recount indiscriminate attacks killing civilians as Syrian forces commit daily war crimes Syrian government forces’ increasing use of banned Soviet-made cluster munitions to carry out indiscriminate …
US-led Coalition forces carrying out air strikes in Syria must conduct thorough investigations into reports of civilian casualties from its operations and disclose their findings. Eleven Coalition attacks examined by Amnesty International appear to have killed some 300 civilians during two years of strikes targeting the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS). So far …
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