UN rights body demands Syria end violence! (23 Aug 2011 08:05)

UN rights body demands Syria end violence! (23 Aug 2011 08:05)

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Geneva: The UN's top human rights body voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand that Syria end its bloody crackdown and cooperate with an international probe into possible crimes against humanity.

The UN Human Rights Council voted 33-4 to condemn the violence by Syrian authorities, strongly underscoring the growing international isolation of President Bashar al-Assad, and dispatch a human rights team to probe alleged atrocities since March.

The countries voting in favour included all four Arab voting members of the council -- Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Russia and China voted against, along with Cuba and Ecuador.

The remaining countries on the 47-nation council abstained or were absent.

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