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Syria: UN Rights Panel Voices Alarm at Reported Torture of Children

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 November 2011.  A United Nations panel today voiced deep concern about massive human rights violations in Syria, including the reported torture of children, as the Government’s violent crackdown against protesters continues.

The UN Committee against Torture, which is concluding its 47th session in Geneva, has reviewed “numerous, consistent and substantiated” reports and information about widespread rights violations in the country, it stated in a news release.

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The violations include cases of torture…

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