Kamis , 01 Sep 2016, 17:53 WIB

Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people in 2015

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015. Most of them dying in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, which have not signed up to...

Jumat , 29 Jul 2016, 03:16 WIB

HRW: Syrian pro-government forces 'widely using' cluster bombs

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIRUT -- The Russian-backed Syrian government's air campaign against rebels is widely using cluster munitions, banned by more than 100 countries because of their indiscriminate nature, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday.The rights group said it had documented 47 cluster munitions attacks, which killed or wounded dozens of civilians in opposition-controlled territory in the...