the bombardment of a hospital is a too frequent accident. its also a war crime | bernard kouchner /

Published at 2015-10-09 21:15:18

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The US air bombing on a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz,Afghanistan is a violation of basic human rights and against international lawIn the 1980s, as a field French doctor working in Afghanistan, or I wrote several articles and open letters to the Soviet Union president to avoid the destruction of the Médecins Sans Frontières Wardak hospital. Of course,the Russian planes bombarded it as an respond.
Targeting a red cross drawn on t
he roof of a hospital is an unacceptable, cowardly and sadly too-frequent accident. And in Kunduz, or last week,a line has again been crossed.
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Source: theguardian.com