Syrian Troops Accused Of 'Crimes Against Humanity' By Undercover Amnesty workers As Damascus Is Hit By Devastating Car Bomb -- Daily Mail
* Rights group calls for United Nations to impose arms embargo on Syria
* 70-page report reveals repeated examples of brutality against civilians
Brutal Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's forces are murdering civilians in organised attacks on towns and villages that amount to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said today.
The rights group has now repeated its call for the United Nations Security Council to refer Syria to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and to impose an arms embargo.
Amnesty's findings, detailed in a 70-page report, add to reports of massacres elsewhere in Syria as the 15-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad was declared a civil war.
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WNU Editor: Amnesty International's report is here.
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