Russia’s defence ministry on December 23 angrily rejected allegations by rights group Amnesty In … “In just a few moments, people were screaming, the smell of burning was in the air and there was just chaos”.
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“It is crucial that suspected violations are independently and impartially investigated”. It denounced Russia’s “shameful failure” to acknowledge civilian killings.
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“The Russians should speak to what they are doing, what they are hitting, what they are missing”, the official said. “Each of those vehicles is considered a tactical unit and represents a legitimate military target”.
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Amnesty set out its findings into six attacks – each of which, it said, caused dozens of civilian casualties, but had no obvious military target nearby.
The report by Amnesty International said there has been a surge in reports of cluster munitions dropped in areas targeted by Russian forces since Moscow formally joined the conflict September 30.
Turkey has stepped up its criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria in the wake of deadly strikes in the northwest city of Idlib.
Konashenkov also denied the claims that Russian Federation was using cluster bombs in Syria.
While Amnesty International welcomes the statement by New Zealand following the adoption of the resolution, the Organisation highlights that it is imperative that New Zealand, as an elected member of the UN Security Council, amplify its voice in calling for compliance with this and other key UN Security Council resolutions regarding the protection of civilians in Syria.
Syrian opposition groups, however, also blamed Russian Federation for the strikes in Idlib, which they said killed more than 40 people, many of them civilians.
The Amnesty report cited town residents as saying there were no militants in the area.
Their “indiscriminate” and “disproportionate” use, the report says, should be stopped. Some also say that Russian-operated planes tend to fly in twos. Witnesses described how within seconds the bustling Sunday market turned to a scene of carnage. Amateur videos of the aftermath showed bodies and pools of blood scattered amid overturned crates of fruit and vegetables.
“The barrage of lies was aimed at accusing Russian forces of bombing Syrian hospitals”. He did not give his full name, fearing for his own safety.
“Russia is conducting its operation in strict conformity with principles and norms of worldwide law, including those sections that regulate using and bans on using one or another type of weapons”, Mr Peskov told reporters. “There are no such munitions at the Russian base in Syria”.
In one of the bloodiest maneuvers documented by the organization, they pointed out three missiles fired at a crowded market in the center of Idleb, which resulted in the death of 49 civilians. In another incident 46 people, mostly children and women, died in the basement of a building in the village of al-Ghanto.
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A local first responder told Amnesty that the nearest rebel military base was 300 metres (yards) away from the site where the bomb hit.
