Human Rights Watch Blasts UN Syria Resolution.

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MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) – The US-based Human Rights Watch organization criticized Saturday the UN Security Council resolution requiring Syria to eliminate its chemical weapon stockpiles saying it has failed to deliver justice for the conflict's victims.

“Any progress to remove Syria’s chemical weapons is an important step, but this resolution fails to ensure justice for the gassing of hundreds of children and many other grave crimes,” said the UN Director at Human Rights Watch, Philippe Bolopion.

Human Rights Watch has blamed Syria’s regime for the alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus on August 21, in which it said 1,400 people, including over 400 children, were killed.

Bolopion called on the Security Council members to “overcome their political differences and make clear to all sides that they must not stand in the way of delivering life-saving aid to civilians, or they will be held accountable.”

“If the killing of civilians by conventional weapons continues unabated, the chemical weapons resolution will be remembered as an effort to draw red lines, not save civilian lives,” Bolopion said.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20130928/183816030/Human-Rights-Watch-Blasts-UN-Syria-Resolution.html

[Junkdrawer]

1. Human Rights Watch wants intervention?

Explains alot.

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3. They want an end to the civil war and for those

who used poison gas to be held accountable.

Too bad you disagree.

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7. "those who used poison gas" is where we disagree.

I also think the fiends who kidnapped Alawite children and used them as propaganda props should be brought to justice.

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8. You think the gas attack was a hoax? nt

[Junkdrawer]

10. Gas attack was real. Most of the videos were a hoax. n/t

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11. That fake video crap is Assad-generated propaganda.

It is 100% the same as the people who claimed Sandy Hook victims were still alive.

Shameful. Last word is yours.

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12. Comes from a Catholic Nun. n/t

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14. They want a referral to the ICC for all sides and access for humanitarian aid, not bombs.

The Security Council should urgently demand unimpeded access by impartial aid agencies throughout Syria, refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for mass killings, including by conventional weapons.

The US government has repeatedly condemned the abuses in Syria, but remains silent on the court’s involvement. Currently, 64 countries, including six Security Council members, have expressed support for an ICC referral to address serious crimes in violation of international law committed in Syria. Russia should end its opposition to such a referral.

For months the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has implored the Security Council to support the impartial delivery of humanitarian aid to all affected communities in Syria, including across the borders of neighboring countries. The Syrian government denies permission for cross-border operations, and some opposition forces have failed to give security assurances to aid groups working in the areas they control. Aid delivery is also restricted by sieges imposed by both government and opposition forces.

“The Syrian government’s blockage of humanitarian aid, like chemical weapons, is a silent and insidious killer,” Bolopion said. “Security Council members should now overcome their political differences and make clear to all sides that they must not stand in the way of delivering life-saving aid to civilians, or they will be held accountable.”

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/27/un-seize-syria-chemical-deal-momentum

[Shivering Jemmy]

2. No such thing as justice.

Never seen it, held it or weighed it out.

However chemical weapons do exist.

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4. Don't let the name fool you - it's a RW neocon group.

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6. That's simply not true. They criticized Bush

severely and have also criticized Obama.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/11/united-states-investigate-bush-other-top-officials-torture

HRW's critics invariably turn out to be apologists for human rights violators.

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13. lolwut?

No, really? Is this the first time you've encountered Human Rights Watch?

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5. No one cares about the people of Syria.

They 're on their own. Obama's satisfied because chemical weapons are being dealt with , Putin is satisfied because his puppet remains dictator for life .

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9. HRW is bit checkered.

The UN's inspection never sought to assign blame but HRW wants the resolution to do as much.

I think clearing the weapons is a good start. Let HRW go back to bashing South American leftists.