UN: Human Rights Violations in Syria Escalating
Source: Voice of America
GENEVA - U.N. investigators say the situation in Syria "is dangerously and quickly deteriorating." They say gross violations of human rights, including torture and summary executions, are escalating and being committed by both sides. The investigators also presented their findings about a massacre in the Syrian town of Houla in May.
More than 100 people were killed during the massacre in Houla, a village in the Syrian province of Homs. The head of the U.N. investigating team, Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro, says it is not possible to determine with any certainty who carried out the killings. He says the U.N. Commission of Inquiry does not rule out the possibility of anti-government fighters being responsible. But, he adds, this is considered very unlikely.
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The 20-page report submitted to the U.N. rights council describes gross violations of human rights committed by Syrian government forces and loyal militia. It cites unlawful arrests and detention, torture and other forms of ill treatment. It accuses them of sexual violence against men, women and children.
The U.N. investigators also presented evidence of killings, torture, and abductions of civilians committed by armed opposition groups. They say they have reports that anti-government armed groups are using children as medical porters, messengers and cooks, exposing them to risk of death and injury.
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Read more: http://www.voanews.com/tibetan-english/news/UN-Human-Rights-Violations-in-Syria-Escalating--160668965.html
There needs to be a negotiated end to all this, but I don't see how that's going to happen.
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tabatha
(18,795 posts)by the Syrian regime.
And kids are exposed to death and injury just in their homes, when they are bombed from afar by regime mortars.
clang1
(884 posts)there. It needs to be said, so they reported it. Assad needs to be stopped. Period. It will not stop until Assad is GONE, or EVERYONE is dead. It's that simple.
Meanwhile....The Progression continues....
Igel
(35,393 posts)For various reasons people overlooked them.
*, Issa, and others wanted a partner for peace and decided to overlook past transgressions for hope in change. Pelosi went further and saw in him not just a partner for peace but also a change agent and reformer (and a way to tweak *'s nose).
The last bit--Assad as reformer--seriously POed the anti-Assad opposition and created a minor on DU2.
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These are PARTNERS in PEACE? People need to look at what friends they choose. Their own, and those of others.
The ONLY Politic I see here, is an IMMORAL one... Nothing Good can come from this in the end. Attitudes like these, are why people like Assad are in Power, in the First place. It's Normal too, Just the World.
Peace Broker:
Pelosi voted NO on the Iraq War Resolution
Despite Pelosi's opposition, Congress still passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States against Iraq.
No Peace Broker:
Issa voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq
Merely pointing out the obvious. It needs to be done more often anyway.
Meanwhile....The Progression continues.....
David__77
(23,644 posts)I think it was a good thing that congressional Democrats reached out to Syria in efforts toward constructive diplomacy.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Russ Baker:
http://whowhatwhy.com/2012/06/25/the-hijacking-arab-spring-medias-complicity/
First came evidently spontaneous uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Then some up-and-comer in Washington or London or Paris had a brainstorm, a new twist on a very old idea: if you can’t beat em, join em. Or even better, co-opt them, and use them for your own purposes.
The old way of getting rid of “inconvenient” leaders was so 20th-century—in the case of Saddam Hussein, a monstrous lie followed by a massive bloodletting on both sides. Tahrir Square suggested how to bring down a regime in a manner far less costly and far more palatable to the public: lots of medium-sized and little lies, war through Twitter, war through expendable proxies. Provide financial incentives to key figures to publicly renounce the old leadership, create a steady stream of heart-rending moments and photos and allegations, generate endless “human rights violations” by baiting the government into a military response, then very publicly petition international bodies for redress of humanitarian concerns.
