Solomon Islands: Fear for safety

Index Number: ASA 43/004/2000
Date Published: 13 July 2000
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Solomon Islands

Armed groups from Malaita island have twice this week killed patients in clinics on the main island of Guadalcanal where their opponents in the Solomon Islands' ethnic conflict have been treated. Patients and staff of the clinics, particularly in rural areas, are in grave danger.