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Last Wednesday, Syria agreed to an Arab League plan to put an end to seven months of violent crackdown against protesters calling for democratic reforms. The next day, 25 people were killed in Syria and, the day after that, at least 15; a total of 104 have been killed since last week. Friday has become the day for antigovernment protests in Syria; this Friday at least 20 people were killed across the country. Among those killed was an 8-year-old girl in Homs, says Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as well as a soldier who had defected.
Under the deal, President Bashar al-Assad had promised to withdraw all security forces and military vehicles and to stop the killing of protesters. Syria has said that it is adhering to the terms of the Arab League deal and that it has released 550 political detainees and offered amnesty to those with weapons.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is now urging the Arab League to suspend Syria’s membership and to request that the UN Security Council call for an arms embargo and sanctions against responsible individuals. In a recently issued 63-page report, HRW accuses Syria of crimes against humanity, specifically citing the “systematic nature of abuses against civilians in Homs by Syrian government forces.” At least 587 people have been killed in Homs by government forces from mid-April to the end of August; at least 3,500 people have killed since the uprising began in the southern city of Daraa in mid-March.... more on
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