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September 8, 2014

Amnesty: Both Sides Committing War Crimes in Ukraine; Imagery Proves Russia Role 
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Unveiling a new report, Amnesty International's Salil Shetty accused
both sides of war crimes, and said satellite imagery proves Russian
military involvement in Ukraine.

Salil Shetty: "Russia can't deny being a party to the conflict anymore.
Very systematic, well-organized mobile artillery and armored units in
place, there's no way the separatist forces could have organized that
themselves. On top of that, we also have eyewitness accounts of movement
of Russian tanks across the border. We're getting reports of different
types of violations and also indiscriminate shelling which is happening,
and all of these need to be investigated, and that's what we're calling
on, because in a war situation, in a conflict situation, unless you go
into the details, you can't be absolutely certain. But from everything
we've seen, we can be quite sure that both sides can be accused of war
crimes at this point."

The United Nations says more than 3,000 people have died in eastern
Ukraine since violence broke out in April, including the 298 passengers
killed when a Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down.

 

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