Reply #7: SYRIA: Rights group slams Syria for deadly crackdown

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Source: Al Jazeera

Government forces reportedly kill 22 in Hama as Amnesty International says Syria guilty of crimes against humanity.

Last Modified: 06 Jul 2011 11:29


Syria drew strong condemnation for its deadly crackdown on protesters in the central city of Hama, with human rights organisations hinting at the possibility of the country's leaders being tried for crimes against humanity.


Tuesday's attack in Hama killed 22 people and left more than 80 wounded as troops pushed through improvised road blocks made by residents, according to human rights groups.


As international condemnation piled on Syria, Amnesty International said a deadly siege in May in Talkalakh, which lasted less than a week, may have amounted to crimes against humanity as a result of deaths of protesters in custody, torture and arbitrary detention.

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The London-based rights group's report, which was released on Wednesday, said the attacks "appear to be part of a widespread, as well as systematic, attack against the civilian population".

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