Human Rights Council Should Act on Bahrain and Yemen
Human Rights Watch
April 30, 2011
"(Geneva) - Syria should end its violent repression of peaceful protests following unequivocal condemnation of its actions by the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said today. The council's resolution, adopted by a large majority on April 29, 2011, also calls for an urgent investigation by the UN high commissioner for human rights into killings and other human rights violations in Syria.
"The Human Rights Council's strong action puts President Bashar al-Asad on notice that Syria needs to stop killing and abusing protesters," said Julie de Rivero, Geneva director at Human Rights Watch. "The planned investigation will shine a spotlight on Syria's abuses, and those accountable for them.".....
While the Human Rights Council has addressed violence in Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, and Syria this year, it has not taken up the violent suppression of protests and subsequent arbitrary detentions and mistreatment in custody in Bahrain and Yemen. Several countries, including the United States, Brazil, and Mexico, mentioned Bahrain and Yemen in their statements at the Syria special session, but there is no immediate plan for the council to discuss those situations.
"Those facing heavy-handed government repression and violence in Bahrain and Yemen deserve the same attention from the Human Rights Council that it gave to Syria," de Rivero said. "The fact that those situations grab fewer headlines today is no excuse for inaction."....."
Human Rights Watch
April 30, 2011
"(Geneva) - Syria should end its violent repression of peaceful protests following unequivocal condemnation of its actions by the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said today. The council's resolution, adopted by a large majority on April 29, 2011, also calls for an urgent investigation by the UN high commissioner for human rights into killings and other human rights violations in Syria.
"The Human Rights Council's strong action puts President Bashar al-Asad on notice that Syria needs to stop killing and abusing protesters," said Julie de Rivero, Geneva director at Human Rights Watch. "The planned investigation will shine a spotlight on Syria's abuses, and those accountable for them.".....
While the Human Rights Council has addressed violence in Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, and Syria this year, it has not taken up the violent suppression of protests and subsequent arbitrary detentions and mistreatment in custody in Bahrain and Yemen. Several countries, including the United States, Brazil, and Mexico, mentioned Bahrain and Yemen in their statements at the Syria special session, but there is no immediate plan for the council to discuss those situations.
"Those facing heavy-handed government repression and violence in Bahrain and Yemen deserve the same attention from the Human Rights Council that it gave to Syria," de Rivero said. "The fact that those situations grab fewer headlines today is no excuse for inaction."....."
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