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‘Why is the world doing nothing?’ – cluster bomb attack by the Syrian army in Aleppo
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Adviser In a field hospital, which I won’t name for security reasons – too many field hospitals have been bombed already – a little boy of 7, Abdo al-Dik, was shaking like a … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Control Arms, Middle East And North Africa, Syria
Tagged airstrikes, children, cluster bombs, cluster munitions, Syria, war crimes
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‘A hope to be reborn far from here’
Syrian activist Bassam Ahmed Al-Ahmed recalls his time as a detainee alongside his friend, doctor Ayham Mustafa Ghazoul, whose family was recently informed of his death while in the custody of Syrian security forces in November 2012. Both men were … Continue reading
Posted in Detention, Syria, Unlawful Detention
Tagged death in custody, detention, Syria
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