Three major human-rights groups express separate concerns about the Syrian regime’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. The groups say the international community should hold the Syrian leadership accountable.
 Protesters in Brussels, Belgium, speak out against government violence in Syria at a demonstration organized by Amnesty International. (Bruno Fahy / EPA / July 1, 2011) |
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2011
Reporting from Beirut—
A trio of major human-rights groups on Wednesday sounded separate alarms about the violent crackdown against the pro-democracy movement in Syria, accusing the regime of war crimes and urging the international community to haul the leadership in Damascus before a tribunal.
More than 1,400 Syrians have been killed in the nearly 4-month-old uprising, which seeks to bring democracy to a nation that has been run by the family of President Bashar Assad or its political allies since 1963.
Human Rights First, a Washington-based advocacy group, urged United Nations Security Council members to take action.
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Warning: Distressing Images of the killing of Derek Adii, May 14, 2011
Link Here: http://westpapuamedia.info/2011/05/16/warning-distressing-images-of-the-killing-of-derek-adii-may-14-2011/
According to information from the Justice and Peace Secretariat of the Kingmi Church, Papua, a man called Derek Adii who had just completed his application for appointment as a civil servant in the sub-district of Deiyai, was maltreated by six members of the armed forces in the Nabire port area on Saturday 14 May.
He was beaten and stabbed and died as a result.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IMAGES OF DEREK ADII ARE HIGHLY DISTRESSING, BUT MUST BE PUBLICISED
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