syria

 

 

a chilling reality of the civil war:

 

An under reported trend of the war in #Syria is the assault on medical care: „Neither law nor decency has restrained the behaviour of the parties.“

The UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria report : “Intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick, and the wounded and against medical units using the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in non-international armed conflict.”

The UN Relief and Works Agency estimate that 33 of Syria’s 88 public hospitals have closed.

More: http://sm.ohchr.org/1aeRJdo


An under reported trend of the war in is the assault on medical care: „Neither law nor decency has…

 

Medical professionals in demand neutrality for hospitals, ambulances, patients

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/issues/persecution-of-health-workers

Source: Three Red Cross Committee staffers kidnapped in Syria

http://news.orf.at/stories/2202166

Red Cross workers kidnapped in Northern Syria