Sri Lankan Military Blames Rebels for Hospital Shelling
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| Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil civilians are seen waiting for treatment at a makeshift hospital in the Tamil Tiger controlled no fire zone in Mullivaaykaal, Sri Lanka, 07 May 2009 |
In its report, Human Rights Watch also condemned the rebels for using civilians as human shields, but said “violations by one party to an armed conflict do not justify violations by the other.”
The group said attacking hospitals is a violation of international law, and that repeated artillery shelling of them is evidence of war crimes.Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
