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*IMPORTANT* In Guardian today, sixty medical professionals from around the world, including two Nobel laureates, call on Russia and the Syrian regime to stop attacks on medical facilities in northwest Syria. theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…
Signers of the letter, which include co-recipient of 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Dr Dennis Mukwege, write "we condemn the Syrian and Russian governments in the strongest possible terms for their attacks on medical facilities". Full letter here: medium.com/@TheSyriaCampa…
Int'l medics appeal: “We stand in solidarity with our Syrian colleagues on the ground who are risking their lives to help those in need. We demand immediate measures to protect their lives and their work.”
Int'l medics appeal: “Rather than being a place of healing and refuge, hospitals are now some of the most dangerous places for civilians to be.” #SOSIdlib
“We have watched in horror the footage of repeated airstrikes on hospitals and listened in shock to our colleagues on the ground who described patients fleeing bombed hospitals with IV drips still attached and choking on dust raised by the explosions."
Read & RT this critical appeal from sixty international medical workers and health professionals standing in solidarity with their colleagues under attack in Idlib. Russia and Syrian regime must know the world is watching theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…
