Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Syria's broken pledge 'troubling': UN - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA

Syria's broken pledge 'troubling': UN - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA

clipped from article:

UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday it was "troubling" that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had not kept a promise to end a harsh crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Assad had told Ban in a telephone conversation last Wednesday that military and police operations against the demonstrators had stopped.

But since then, human rights advocates say Assad's security forces have killed more protesters.... [ read more at link ]

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