UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28, 2011 (AFP) – Amnesty International on Monday demanded decisive UN Security Council action on Syria’s deadly crackdown against protests after UN investigators said crimes against humanity had been committed.
Amnesty called on the 15-member Security Council, which has yet to pass a resolution on the Syrian government’s deadly crackdown, to refer the case to the International Criminal Court, order an arms embargo and freeze the assets of President Bashar al-Assad and his associates.
‘Continued inaction by the Security Council will not only allow the commission with impunity of more human rights violations in Syria, but embolden present and future violators,’ said an Amnesty statement.