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UN Investigators Call for Action in Syria

September 18, 2012 by Brendan Davis Leave a Comment

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Concerns are growing regarding horrible human rights violations and call for action in Syria | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

UN denounces gross rights violations in Syria

AFP

Serious human rights violations have soared dramatically in Syria, a top UN investigator said Monday, calling for “appropriate action” against perpetrators of atrocities in the wartorn country. “Gross violations of human rights have grown in number, in pace and in scale,” Paulo Sergio Pinheiro told.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Middle East, Syria

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