Posts Tagged: Syria Human Rights
Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis Is a Trauma on the World’s Conscience
The 10-year old war in Syria has gone far beyond tragic mass devastation. The body and soul of two Syrian generations have been crushed. Their...
Germany’s Refusal to Attack Syria Shows Moral Failure
After repeated chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime on its own citizens, the United States, the UK, and Francefinally took military action to punish Bashar Assad. But one ally was...
Children Victimized by All Sides in Syrian Conflict
His hands are barely large enough to reach the trigger, but the 5-year-old boy pulls hard on his AK-47 as his father stands beside him cheering....
Two Million Refugees Forced to Flee Syria, Straining Mideast
Wall Street Journal - ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan—With the Syrian refugee numbers passing the two million mark Tuesday, governments and aid officials are coming to the same...
Classified State Department Cable: Assad Has Used Chemical Weapons
Foreign Policy - A secret State Department cable has concluded that the Syrian military likely used chemical weapons against its own people in a deadly...
Sudan, Syria Could Join UN Human Rights Council
The human rights group UN Watch urged the United Nations to oppose a bid by Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for a seat on the Human...
Syria Nominates Itself for UN Human Rights Council
While the death toll in Syria has topped 14,000 (according to activists) since the uprising against Bashar al-Assad began, the country is now...
