For US-LEED, LEED India, IGBC Green Homes, Green Factory Buildings, Green SEZs, and Green Townships: www.greentekindika.com
AP / The Hindu / BEIRUT, July 6, 2011.
Have you read, “Mayhem of the Miserables!” available @ US$ 1/- with the Smashwords Summer/Winter promotion, ending July 31, 2011
in this May 16, 2011 photo Syrians cross the border into Lebanon as they flee the violence in the Syrian village of Talkalakh, near the Lebanon-Syria border. Amnesty has accused Syria of human rights violations during the siege of Talkalakh - AP.
Syrian security forces may have committed crimes against humanity during a deadly siege in May, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, citing witness accounts of deaths in custody, torture and arbitrary detention.
The London-based rights group called on the U.N. Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
The security sweep in Talkalakh, which lasted less than a week, contributed to a growing sense of desperation over the government’s brutal crackdown on protests as the nationwide uprising against President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian regime gained traction.
At the time of the operation, The Associated Press interviewed residents who told of a catastrophic scene in the town of about 70,000, including sectarian killings, gunmen carrying out execution-style slayings and the stench of decomposing bodies in the streets.
Some activists have said the death toll from the May siege was as high as 36 people.
“The accounts we have heard from witnesses to events in (Talkalakh) paint a deeply disturbing picture of systematic, targeted abuses to crush dissent,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director.
The report issued on Wednesday said the attacks “appear to be part of a widespread, as well as systematic, attack against the civilian population,” which would constitute crimes against humanity.
Full Story at,
No comments:
Post a Comment