Den internationale overvåger af menneskerettigheder, Human Rights Watch, skildrer massive og systematiske overgreb.
NEW YORK, 11th. November 2011: The systematic nature of abuses against civilians in the historical city of Homs by Syrian government forces, including torture and unlawful killings, indicate that crimes against humanity have been committed, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Friday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Arab League, meeting Saturday in Cairo, to suspend Syria’s membership in the League (hvilket også skete, red.) and to ask the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions against individuals responsible for the violations.
HRW further wants the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court in the Hague – se også
http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/About+the+Court
The 63-page report, “We Live as in War: Crackdown on Protesters in the Governorate of Homs”, is based on more than 110 interviews with victims and witnesses from Homs, both from the city, situated 160 km north of the capital Damascus, and the surrounding governorate of the same name.
The area has emerged as a center of opposition to the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
The report focuses on violations by Syrian security forces from mid-April to the end of August, during which time security forces killed at least 587 civilians, the highest number of casualties for any single governorate.
Security forces have killed at least another 104 people in Homs since November 2, when the Syrian government agreed to the Arab League initiative for a political solution. Arab foreign ministers will meet in an emergency session on November 12 to discuss Syria’s failure to comply with the Arab League initiative.
– Homs is a microcosm of the Syrian government’s brutality, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, adding:
– The Arab League needs to tell President Assad that violating their agreement has consequences, and that it now supports Security Council action to end the carnage.
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