All Sides in Syria Killing Thousands of Detainees in Crimes Against Humanity, UN Reports

Photo: UNHCR/V. Tan

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 February 2016 – Thousands of detainees have been killed while in the custody of the warring parties in Syria over the past four and a half years, with thousands held by the Government beaten to death or dying from torture and anti-Government groups brutalizing and executing prisoners in war crimes and crimes against humanity, a United Nations commission reported today.

“Nearly every surviving detainee has emerged from custody having suffered unimaginable…