Posted on 06/08/2013 4:29:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The United Nations has evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is directly orchestrating atrocities against his opponents, Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, told The Daily Telegraph on Friday.
The evidence paves the way for a war crime trial if he is ever handed over to face international justice, she said.
Assad was deeply implicated in the growing toll of atrocities in Syria, Pillay told the newspaper, warning that he must not be permitted to “trade justice for peace” in any future negotiations.
Investigators working for the UN teams, including a specialist commission of inquiry to track fighting in Syria, had no doubt that Assad was personally involved in orders issued to the army, and controlled its vicious sectarian allies, the Shabiha militias, she said.
“I am assured on the basis of the evidence my officers have gathered … that the evidence implicates him by the actions of his subordinates,” she told the Telegraph. “It points to commissions of atrocities and human rights violations by his soldiers, his forces and Shabiha. He is very much the commander-in-chief and these are his forces. The evidence points to and implicates him in that way.”
Reports on Assad’s role have been drawn from inside the regime, from survivors’ accounts and from intelligence handed to the UN from outside the country, the Telegraph reported.
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Still a box o' snakes who do what snakes do.
Whatever, the rebels are running around beating people, throwing people off of buildings, looking for the illusive snackbar. The rebels used the chemical weapons. I’d say let the situation go as long as possible: Hizbullah/Iran vs. Al Qaeda = we all win.
Hey BIG EARS. Over the line YET?
There are plenty of atrocities on both sides. The only thing that’s certain is that the UN will pick the wrong side to back.
Apologize to snakes.
remember that the UN is an advocate of the Muslim Brotherhood, supporter of Arab Spring, so all they say is coming out of the MB mouths (like Obama & his cronies)
Whichever side they pick will be the wrong side. For once I’m glad the UN is irrelevant.
No, they will send OUR men in to clean up the mess. Screw the UN.
I blame the person (or people) that STARTED the revolt. Had the revolt not stared, nothing would have happened...and EVERYONE knows that.
So, am I to assume that Assad started the revolt, against himself?
“Assad responsible for atrocities”
BFD.
None of our business. Enemies killing each other is fine by me.
Thanks Eleutheria5.
Hey Macaca! Obama is personally responsible or all drone strikes! Sic him
So if you revolt against a tyrant, you’re to blame for what happens.
Let em all kill each other and let Allah sort it out.
Orcs murdering goblins. Sit back and let them go. They damn well better not send our young people over there.
Don’t care.
Leave Assad alone.
“So if you revolt against a tyrant, you’re to blame for what happens.”
Yep, that’s the chance you take. You always have the choice to suck it up...or leave. Demanding human rights AFTER you take up arms against your government simply won’t go too far.
Either side in this case is the wrong side. Best thing to do is to blockade, and let them kill each other.
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