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July 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Human Rights Watch documented more than 20 torture methods that “clearly
point to a state policy of torture and ill-treatment and therefore
constitute a crime against humanity.”
The group called for the UN Security Council to refer the issue of Syria to
the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to adopt targeted sanctions
against officials carrying out abuse.
“The reach and inhumanity of this network of torture centres are truly
horrific,” Ole Solvang, emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch
said. “Russia should not be holding its protective hand over the people
who are responsible for this.”
Russia – an ally of Syria
– and China have already vetoed two council resolutions that condemned
Damascus and threatened it with sanctions and French U.N. Ambassador Gerard
Araud told reporters on Monday that reaching a Security Council consensus to
refer Syria to the ICC would be difficult.
“As France is concerned it’s very clear we are very much in favour of
referring Syria to the ICC,” Araud said.
“The problem is it will have to be part … of a global understanding of
the council and I do think that for the moment we have not yet reached this
point,” he said.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday reiterated her position that the
issue of Syria’s conflict should be referred to the ICC in The Hague because
crimes against humanity and other war crimes may have been committed.
She said both sides appear to have committed war crimes.
The United Nations has said more than 10,000 people have been killed during
the 16-month Syria conflict.
Source: agencies
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