AP, Beirut :
An international human rights group is calling on the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government following airstrikes on a rebel-held suburb that killed more than 100 people.
Many of those killed in the Aug. 16 attacks that targeted Douma’s popular markets and residential areas were civilians. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a press release Thursday that the U.N. should also refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director at HRW, says bombing a market full of shoppers and vendors shows the Syrian government’s “appalling disregard for civilians.”
He says the Security Council should bring the same commitment to ending indiscriminate strikes on civilians as it has to chemical attacks.
Beirut (AFP) – Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the United Nations to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government after deadly air strikes on a rebel town killed nearly 100 people.
The New York-based group said the Sunday attack on Douma outside Damascus showed the Syrian government’s “appalling disregard for civilians”.
The series of air strikes on the town in the Eastern Ghouta region killed mostly civilians, with several of the raids hitting a crowded marketplace.
“This latest carnage is another reminder — if any was still needed — of the urgent need for the Security Council to act on its previous resolutions and take steps to stop indiscriminate attacks,” HRW deputy Middle East director Nadim Houry said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, put the toll in the attack at 96 dead, though HRW reported 112 people had died, citing local officials.
The attack was among the deadliest government assaults in the conflict, which began in March 2011.
It came almost two years after a chemical weapons attack on Eastern Ghouta that according to the United States killed 1,400 people.
An international human rights group is calling on the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government following airstrikes on a rebel-held suburb that killed more than 100 people.
Many of those killed in the Aug. 16 attacks that targeted Douma’s popular markets and residential areas were civilians. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a press release Thursday that the U.N. should also refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director at HRW, says bombing a market full of shoppers and vendors shows the Syrian government’s “appalling disregard for civilians.”
He says the Security Council should bring the same commitment to ending indiscriminate strikes on civilians as it has to chemical attacks.
Beirut (AFP) – Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the United Nations to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government after deadly air strikes on a rebel town killed nearly 100 people.
The New York-based group said the Sunday attack on Douma outside Damascus showed the Syrian government’s “appalling disregard for civilians”.
The series of air strikes on the town in the Eastern Ghouta region killed mostly civilians, with several of the raids hitting a crowded marketplace.
“This latest carnage is another reminder — if any was still needed — of the urgent need for the Security Council to act on its previous resolutions and take steps to stop indiscriminate attacks,” HRW deputy Middle East director Nadim Houry said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, put the toll in the attack at 96 dead, though HRW reported 112 people had died, citing local officials.
The attack was among the deadliest government assaults in the conflict, which began in March 2011.
It came almost two years after a chemical weapons attack on Eastern Ghouta that according to the United States killed 1,400 people.
