Human Rights Watch(HRW) points out systematic killings and torture by Syrian security forces in the city of Daraa since protests began there on March 18, 2011, strongly suggest that these qualify as crimes against humanity. Fourth Reich has already imposed sanctions against Syria.
May dissident bloggers were tortured to death. Global Tax Revolt calls it wild Marilizardism. Marilizardism has metastasized to Syria five months ago, but now it has gone far beyond of what's happening at Cradle of Kleptocracy. Merciless Marilizard, the culprit FM of October-18 shock and awe, terrorizes Graecoblogosphere. Accusing dissident bloggers of treason, Graecokleptocrats have manufactured a blood libel in cyberspace, which in turn may incite hatred and violence. http://venitism.blogspot.com
HRW focuses on violations in Daraa governorate, where some of the worst violence took place after protests seeking greater freedoms began in various parts of the country. The specifics went largely unreported due to the information blockade imposed by the Syrian authorities. Victims and witnesses interviewed by HRW described systematic killings, beatings, torture using electroshock devices, and detention of people seeking medical care.
HRW notes that for more than two months now, Syrian security forces have been killing and torturing their own people with complete impunity. They need to stop - and if they don't, it is the Security Council's responsibility to make sure that the people responsible face justice. The parliament of Syria condones the police brutality, and it has gone far beyond the Grand Brothel on Syntagma Square.
HRW asserts the Syrian government should take immediate steps to halt the excessive use of lethal force by security forces. The United Nations Security Council should impose sanctions and press Syria for accountability and, if it doesn't respond adequately, refer Syria to the International Criminal Court. The inhumanity of the Syrian government has gone far beyond the October-18 Mafia.
The protests first broke out in Daraa in response to the detention and torture of 15 children accused of painting graffiti slogans calling for the government's downfall. In response and since then, security forces have repeatedly and systematically opened fire on overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrators. The security forces have killed at least 418 people in the Daraa governorate alone, and more than 887 across Syria, according to local activists who have been maintaining a list of those killed. Exact numbers are impossible to verify.
Witnesses from Daraa interviewed by HRW provided consistent accounts of security forces using lethal force against protesters and bystanders, in most cases without advance warning or any effort to disperse the protesters by nonviolent means. Members of various branches of the mukhabarat (security services) and numerous snipers positioned on rooftops deliberately targeted the protesters, and many of the victims had lethal head, neck, and chest wounds. HRW documented a number of cases in which security forces participating in the operations against protesters in Daraa and other cities had received shoot-to-kill orders from their commanders.
TERMS
October 18: International Day Against Cybercop Brutality
October-18 Mafia: Government of Greece
Cradle of Kleptocracy: Greece
Grand Brothel on Syntagma Square: Parliament of Greece
Eldorado of Prostitutes: European Parliament
Fourth Reich: European Union
Marilizardism: terrorizing dissident bloggers
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