Lebanon news - NOW Lebanon -Rights groups add to calls for Syria crimes prosecution
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The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session in Geneva on Friday on the Syria following a request by the European Union. UN human rights investigators said in a report released this week that crimes against humanity have been committed in Syria.
Arab League foreign ministers are to meet this weekend in Doha and could decide to refer the Syria case to the UN Security Council. Russia and China vetoed a resolution against Syria last month.
The European powers which proposed the resolution say they are waiting to see how the Arab League advances with its sanctions clampdown on Syria before deciding on whether to ask again for UN action against Syria.
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