Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Al-Jazeera Video: Right group accuses Syria of 'war crimes'


"New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused government forces of going on a killing spree in opposition areas at the same time that officials in Damascus were sitting down with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to negotiate the terms of the truce in March and early April.

"Everywhere we went, we saw burnt and destroyed houses, shops and cars, and heard from people whose relatives were killed. It was as if the Syrian government forces used every minute before the ceasefire to cause harm," said senior HRW researcher Anna Neistat on Wednesday. [See Report 7 Posts Below.]

Al Jazeera's Steve Chao has more."

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