Det er kun toppen af isbjerget, for det reelle tal kan vise sig at være meget højere i den omsiggribende dødsspiral i det mellemøstlige land, hvor det rapporteres at selv børn er blevet torteret og henrettet.
GENEVA, 13 June 2013 (UN News Service): Warning the real figure is likely to be much higher, the United Nations human rights chief Thursday announced that the death toll in Syria is nearly 93.000, with more than 5.000 people killed a month as the situation in the country has “deteriorated drastically” over the past year.
“The constant flow of killings continues at shockingly high levels – with more than 5.000 killings documented every month since last July, including a total of just under 27.000 new killings since 1 December,” Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human rights, said.
According to an analysis carried out by data specialists on behalf of the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), at least 92.901 people were killed in fighting between the Government and forces seeking to oust President Bashar Al-Assad between March 2011 and April 2013.
Civilians are bearing the brunt (alvorligste konsekvenser) of widespread, violent and often indiscriminate attacks which are devastating whole swathes of major towns and cities, as well as outlying villages.
“Unfortunately…this is most likely a minimum casualty figure. The true number of those killed is potentially much higher,” said Ms. Pillay, urging the warring parties to declare an immediate ceasefire “before tens of thousands more people are killed or injured.”
The latest compilation updates a figure of 60.000 documented deaths during the time period up to 30 November 2012.
About 80 per cent of the victims documented are male, with the sharpest increase in deaths since November 2012 in Rural Damascus and Aleppo.
The Office also documented the “the killings of at least 6.561 minors (mindreårige), including at least 1.729 children under ten years old.”
“There are also well-documented cases of individual children being tortured and executed, and entire families, including babies, being massacred,” Ms. Pillay said, adding that along with the devastatingly high death toll, this is a terrible reminder of “just how vicious this conflict has become.”
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