Posted in Clusters/Mines, Government, Ground Assault, Libya, Middle-East, Military, NATO/Allies, tagged civilian death, civilian displacement, civilian harm, cluster bombs, explosion, Libya on April 18, 2011 |
The Guardian, By Xan Rice
April 17, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces mounted a heavy assault on Libyan rebels holding the key town of Ajdabiya on Sunday in a sign that the regime is stepping up efforts to regain territory in the east of the country.
Explosions were heard for several hours in the morning, forcing some of the few remaining families to flee to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, 90 miles away. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Laos, Unexploded Ordinances, tagged children, Children casualties, Civilian Casualties, cluster ban, cluster bombs, cluster munitions, Laos, viantiane on November 12, 2010 |
November 11, 2010
VIENTIANE (AFP)
A 10-year-old girl died and her sister was injured when a leftover cluster munition exploded, an official said Thursday as global delegates met in Laos aiming to speed removal of the bombs.
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Clusters/Mines, Country, Government, Insurgents, Iraq, Israel, Middle-East, Pakistan, Palestine, Region, Tactics, Taliban, Terrorists, United Kingdom, tagged Afghanistan, air strikes, Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, cluster bombs, drones, gaza, Israel, landmines, Pakistan, Palestine, pilotless aircraft, Taliban, unmanned drones on July 7, 2009 |
By Murray Wardrop
Published: 8:41AM BST 06 Jul 2009
Lord Bingham, who retired last year as a senior law lord, said the aircraft could follow other weapons considered “so cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance” in being consigned to the history books. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Country, Government, Iran, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, Region, Tactics, Type of Harm, United Nations, tagged Afghanistan, cluster bombs, cluster munitions, clusters, de-miners, Iran, Iraq, Iraq-Iran War, Kurdistan, land mines, unexploded ordance, UNICEF, United Nations, United States on July 2, 2009 |
By PATRICK QUINN – 18 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government’s failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world’s most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday. (more…)
Posted in Clusters/Mines, Georgia, Government, NGOs, Russia, tagged Civilian Casualties, cluster bombs, Europe, Georgia, innocent civilians, innocent victims, NGOs, Russia, treaties on April 14, 2009 |
By Human Rights Watch
The loss of lives and livelihoods from cluster munitions used by Russia and Georgia during the August 2008 armed conflict reinforces the importance of the new treaty banning the weapon, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The United States, China, Russia, Georgia, and other countries opposed to the ban treaty are meeting in Geneva this week in a last-ditch attempt to conclude a separate, far weaker treaty. The 80-page report, “A Dying Practice: Use of Cluster Munitions by Russia and Georgia in August 2008,” is the first comprehensive report on cluster munition use by Russia and Georgia in their week-long conflict over the separatist enclave of South Ossetia. Human Rights Watch field investigations in August, September, and October 2008 documented dozens of civilian deaths and injuries from the use of cluster munitions, including casualties after the fighting ended. Unexploded submunitions continue to threaten civilians.
