Images of Alleged Torture in Syrian Hospitals ‘Shocking’ – UN Rights Office

by Gary Kopycinski on March 6, 2012

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GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 March 2012. The United Nations human rights office said today that images shown by a British news programme of the alleged torture of patients in Syrian hospitals were “shocking” and similar to those received by UN-mandated investigators.