Syria: UN Experts Condemn Arbitrary Detentions, Possible Use of Torture

by Gary Kopycinski on February 21, 2012

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GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–21 February 2012. A group of independent United Nations experts today condemned the arrest of at least 16 people in Syria, including prominent human rights figures, and called for the release of all those arbitrarily detained amid the ongoing Government crackdown on that began nearly a year ago.