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| | + | '''Massive torture and war crimes''' |
| | + | Syria's Assad"s regime have carried out mass torture in prison, variius chemical weapons use.<ref>Sirwan Kajjo, [https://www.voanews.com/a/in-syria-documenting-war-crimes-falls-to-journalists-and-citizens-/6261887.html In Syria, Documenting War Crimes Falls to Journalists and Citizens, VOA, October 08, 2021. |
| | + | <br><i>Torture in prison, chemical weapons, the direct targeting of foreign media, and hundreds of thousands of deaths. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands accused of a long list of crimes against his people</i></ref> Despite massive evidence of perpetrating crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Syrian regime seems to be in a state of impunity when it comes to international justice.<ref>Mohamad Kamal al-Labwani, [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/un-process-and-war-crimes-assad The UN Process and the War Crimes of Assad], Washington Institute, Feb 11, 2021. |
| | + | <blockquote>After the UN's failures regarding Assad, Syrians need a more forceful option to restore their dignity and rights.... |
| | + | Despite massive evidence of perpetrating crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Syrian regime seems to be in a state of impunity when it comes to international justice. At present, the UN peace efforts seem to be aiding Assad’s attempts to legitimize himself rather than punishing him for war crimes. The Syrian Civil Movement, a group of tens of thousands of Syrian activists and civilians who have suffered the atrocities of the ongoing dirty war in Syria, call on all those involved in finding peace for Syria to remember the truth of the war’s dynamics. |
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| | + | The UN efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis in Vienna currently appear to be driven by a misdiagnosis of the situation in Syria as a conflict between pro- and anti-regime groups. In fact, the conflict remains an authoritarian regime’s heinous crackdown on its own civilians with a horrifying number of human casualties, massive civilian displacement, and extensive destruction. |
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| | + | Assad and his regime may never be prosecuted for the acts of terror he perpetrated against his own people during Syria's civil war.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bashar-al-assad-syria-evidence-war-crimes-60-minutes-2021-02-21/ The evidence of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime's legacy of war crimes], CBS, Feb 21, 2021.<br><i> |
| | + | Assad and his regime may never be prosecuted for the acts of terror he perpetrated against his own people during Syria's civil war. Scott Pelley reports on the effort to gather and maintain the evidence against Assad... |
| | + | Torture is one of many war crimes committed by Bashar al-Assad's regime...</i></ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |