AI: CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK ON TAMIL HOSPITAL IS DESPICABLE!!!

Cluster bomb strike on hospital is despicable: AI

Amnesty International has denounced the reported use of cluster bombs in a civilian area as a serious violation of international humanitarian law.

"The use of cluster bombs in such circumstances could constitute a war crime," said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific Director. "These bombs are inherently indiscriminate because of the wide area covered by the numerous bomblets released and the danger posed to all those, including civilians, who come into contact with them.

Cluster bombs have been banned by the Convention on Cluster Munitions."

The Sri Lankan government has an obligation to investigate war crimes and, whenever there is sufficient admissible evidence, prosecute the person suspected of those crimes," said Sam Zarifi. AI opposes the use, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions and is calling on all states to ratify the Convention. Sri Lanka is not a party to the Convention.

Cluster bombs


Cluster bombs or shells scatter scores of bomblets, or submunitions, over a wide area, typically the size of one or two football fields. These could be dropped by aircraft, or fired by artillery or rocket launchers.
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