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2023-11-07 08:12:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B91956B72063A58746EC9F0D7331721744E748212EFF120C4CC8F7A0055EBF65
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For context, Russia has a history of targeting and bombing hospitals and civilian infrastructure, for example in Syria and Ukraine. Amnesty have said this amounts to war crimes. Multiple reports and examples of Russia targeting civilians are linked below. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2016/03/syrian-and-russian-forces-targeting-hospitals-as-a-strategy-of-war/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/10/ukraine-russian-attacks-on-critical-energy-infrastructure-amount-to-war-crimes/ https://newlinesmag.com/newsletter/russias-long-history-of-bombing-hospitals/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/reader-center/russia-syria-hospitals-investigation.html https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/03/europe/mariupol-maternity-hospital-attack/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/20/revealed-how-russia-deliberately-targeted-kherson-hospitals https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc15118.doc.htm
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