UN rights chief seeks probe on Syria crackdown

[JanDutchy]

Source: hurriyet daily news /AFP and AP

The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday called on Syrian authorities to carry out a transparent probe into a crackdown on demonstrators over the weekend and to halt the excessive use of force.

"The government should carry out an independent, transparent and effective investigation into the killings of the six protesters during the events of 18 and 20 March," said Rupert Colville, a spokesman for U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

"We are greatly concerned by the recent killings of protesters in Syria and reiterate the need to put an immediate halt to the excessive use of force against peaceful protestors, especially the use of live ammunition," he added.


Read more: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=un-rights-chief-seeks-probe-on-syria-crackdown-2011-03-22

[displacedvermoter]

1. Will we be instituting a no-fly-zone here as well?

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread, JanDutchy.

[Baclava]

3. I say send in the Canadians, eh

We'll light their way with a couple hundred Tomahawk torches....no problem, we'll make more.

I mean - we're probably already in range of Syria anyway.

Allez Canada!

[No Elephants]

4. Good luck with those requests..