In seven years of continued assault in Syria, over 400,000 people, including children have been reportedly killed in armed conflicts, leaving about 5.6 million refugees in the country.
Amnesty International (AI), a global movement campaigning for human rights, released these shocking statistics recently with the note: “We will not sit silently and watch this tragedy continue for the eighth year in Syria”.
TheNewsGuru reports “The Syrian government, backed by Russia, is bombing its own people in Eastern Ghouta. Scores of people have been killed and hundreds injured in the past month,” according to AI.
According to AI, Syria’s Eastern Ghouta has been under a catastrophic situation; with more than 400,000 people suffering under the Syrian government’s tightened siege since November 2017.
The people have been enduring hunger, malnutrition, lack of medication and escalated bombardment that has been targeting civilians, homes, hospitals and markets. In the past 30 days, more than 190 civilians have been killed and more than 2700 injured.
“This is not new for the people of Eastern Ghouta: people who’ve been trapped in a cruel siege for nearly six years are now being attacked daily, killed and maimed by their government. Children and elderly people are dying of malnutrition and lack of medication.
“The attacks must be stopped. Humanitarian aid must be allowed into Eastern Ghouta.
“We succeeded in creating pressure and noise around the world for Aleppo – and we can succeed in helping the people under attack in Eastern Ghouta,” AI stated.