"The Muttur Massacre in Sri Lanka Remains, Twenty Years Later, One of the Most Striking Examples of Impunity for Attacks on Humanitarian Workers"

Le Monde

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In 2006, in the midst of the Sri Lankan civil war, 17 Action Against Hunger workers were executed at close range as they provided drinking water to populations. Since then, humanitarian action has been upset, analysing two legal advisers who, in a forum in the "World", urge states to protect a very dangerous profession.