What a way to have to live, and there are .
those in other towns who need help too.
those in other towns who need help too.
‘Starve or surrender’: UN war crimes investigators gather testimony from besieged Syrian town
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 13 January, 2016, 10:24am
UPDATED : Wednesday, 13 January, 2016, 10:27am
UPDATED : Wednesday, 13 January, 2016, 10:27am
Reuters in Beirut and Geneva
Residents of the besieged town of Madaya, northwest of Damascus, speak to reporters. Aid convoys reached Madaya and two other besieged villages on Monday. Photo: AP
Residents of a besieged Syrian town have told UN investigators how the weakest in their midst, deprived of food and medicines in violation of international law, are suffering starvation and death, the top UN war crimes investigator said on Tuesday.
An aid convoy on Monday brought the first food and medical relief for three months to the western town of Madaya, where 40,000 people are trapped by encircling government forces.
Aid vehicles wait on the outskirts of besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya on MOnday. Photo: AFPBut Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the UN commission of inquiry documenting war crimes in Syria, said his team remained “gravely concerned” about the humanitarian situation there.
“As part of our investigations, the Commission has been in direct contact with residents currently living inside Madaya,” he said in an emailed reply to Reuters questions.
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Residents of a besieged Syrian town have told UN investigators how the weakest in their midst, deprived of food and medicines in violation of international law, are suffering starvation and death, the top UN war crimes investigator said on Tuesday.
An aid convoy on Monday brought the first food and medical relief for three months to the western town of Madaya, where 40,000 people are trapped by encircling government forces.
“As part of our investigations, the Commission has been in direct contact with residents currently living inside Madaya,” he said in an emailed reply to Reuters questions.
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