The testimonies of security officers in the HRW report reveals a 'deliberate policy' to use deadly force against protesters, sparking calls for sanctions and an embargo Human Rights watch has released a report on Syria documenting the testimonies of several defectors. Defectors from Syria's security force narrate that the Syrian government had convinced them to shoot at unarmed protestors claiming they were infiltrators (mundaseen). “The testimony of these defectors provides further evidence that the killing of protesters was no accident but a result of a deliberate policy by senior figures in Syria to use deadly force to disperse protesters,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch has called on the UN Security Council to condemn the Syrian authorities' systematic violations of human rights, adopt targeted sanctions against officials responsible for the killing and torture of protesters, and impose an embargo on all arms and security equipment to Syria. (view full report)
