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Paula Gil, President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Spain: “Today, March 17, 2022, The New York Times published an investigation into the killings of our colleagues María Hernández, Tedros Gebremariam, and Yohannes Halefom in Tigray, Ethiopia, on June 24, 2021. The story places responsibility for the killings on the Ethiopian National Defense Force […]
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By Adam Houston, Medical Policy and Advocacy Officer for MSF Canada.
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