Duncan Hamilton: Russia's shameful support of Assad lets killings continue - Scotsman.com News
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The latest developments are encouraging. On 3 August, the UN Security Council finally managed to agree a statement condemning Syria. The importance of that was less the text and more that China and Russia allowed it to pass without veto. That it took months to even agree that statement is depressing, but in the world of diplomacy it appears even condemning state execution is not straightforward.
Pressure on Assad intensified this week with the UN human rights chief recommending that the Security Council refer Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) - a move plainly designed to remind those in Syria that state-sponsored killing will not go unpunished [read more at link]
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Bashar al-Assad: Time to step aside? - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English
Bashar al-Assad: Time to step aside? - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English
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Barack Obama, the US president, along with the rest of the international community is calling for Syria's leader to step down. And the United Nations claims Syria could be guilty of crimes against humanity.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said: "The time has come for him to step aside and leave this transition to the Syrians themselves."
It is a significant ramp-up of international pressure and the first explicit US call for Bashar al-Assad to resign since the uprising in Syria began in March.
The US will not rule out military action, but officials say it is "not a desired course" for the US and its allies, or for the Syrian people.
But how effective will the latest economic sanctions be? Is the situation on the ground really going to change? And is this the beginning of a coordinated action by the UN?
Inside Story, with presenter Hazem Sika, discusses with Rosemary Hollis, a professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City University; Theodore Kattouf, the president of AMIDEAST, which is a US NGO working in international education, training and development in Middle East and North Africa; and Ashraf al-Moqdad, a Syrian opposition member.
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Barack Obama, the US president, along with the rest of the international community is calling for Syria's leader to step down. And the United Nations claims Syria could be guilty of crimes against humanity.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said: "The time has come for him to step aside and leave this transition to the Syrians themselves."
It is a significant ramp-up of international pressure and the first explicit US call for Bashar al-Assad to resign since the uprising in Syria began in March.
The US will not rule out military action, but officials say it is "not a desired course" for the US and its allies, or for the Syrian people.
But how effective will the latest economic sanctions be? Is the situation on the ground really going to change? And is this the beginning of a coordinated action by the UN?
Inside Story, with presenter Hazem Sika, discusses with Rosemary Hollis, a professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City University; Theodore Kattouf, the president of AMIDEAST, which is a US NGO working in international education, training and development in Middle East and North Africa; and Ashraf al-Moqdad, a Syrian opposition member.
Business as Usual for the Assad Regime - Technorati Politics
Business as Usual for the Assad Regime - Technorati Politics
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As I type this, my Tweetdeck is calmly running through posts tagged with #Syria. People are posting about death, attacks, snipers, blackouts - insanity. That innocuous little "beep" is letting me know that some new posts have appeared, and the little pink bar warning that I've exceeded API limits pops up regularly. The goal tonight is to get #Homs, #HomsBleeds, #Syria and #Sy2011 on the Twitter trending topics list. They are addressing their tweets to media, government agencies, and politicians around the world, in the hope that they will be heard.
Read more: http://technorati.com/politics/article/business-as-usual-for-the-assad/#ixzz1VbxgoHL7
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As I type this, my Tweetdeck is calmly running through posts tagged with #Syria. People are posting about death, attacks, snipers, blackouts - insanity. That innocuous little "beep" is letting me know that some new posts have appeared, and the little pink bar warning that I've exceeded API limits pops up regularly. The goal tonight is to get #Homs, #HomsBleeds, #Syria and #Sy2011 on the Twitter trending topics list. They are addressing their tweets to media, government agencies, and politicians around the world, in the hope that they will be heard.
Read more: http://technorati.com/politics/article/business-as-usual-for-the-assad/#ixzz1VbxgoHL7
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New Assad bloodshed - NYPOST.com
New Assad bloodshed - NYPOST.com
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Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad thumbed his nose at President Obama, launching massive arrest sweeps and triggering clashes that killed at least 22 protesters yesterday -- a day after the White House demanded he quit.
But thousands of protesters in the southern province of Deraa, where the uprising began in March, defiantly marched and called for a war crimes trial of Assad.
The new bloodshed came despite Assad’s promise this week to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that military and police operations had stopped.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/new_assad_bloodshed_EPp3I7Zf2eGfUQXN7dfpQN#ixzz1VbwDrXwa
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Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad thumbed his nose at President Obama, launching massive arrest sweeps and triggering clashes that killed at least 22 protesters yesterday -- a day after the White House demanded he quit.
But thousands of protesters in the southern province of Deraa, where the uprising began in March, defiantly marched and called for a war crimes trial of Assad.
The new bloodshed came despite Assad’s promise this week to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that military and police operations had stopped.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/new_assad_bloodshed_EPp3I7Zf2eGfUQXN7dfpQN#ixzz1VbwDrXwa
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