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UN human rights chief deplores crackdown in Syria

Says inaction has emboldened Assad’s regime

By Edith M. Lederer

 |  Associated Press  

  February 14, 2012

The U.N. human rights chief decried Syria’s escalating crackdown on civilian protesters Monday and warned that the Security Council’s failure to take action has emboldened the Syrian government to launch an all-out assault to crush dissent. Navi Pillay expressed fears that the deliberate stirring of sectarian tensions may plunge Syria into civil war. She said there are indications of ongoing crimes against humanity and again appealed for President Bashar Assad’s government to be referred to the International Criminal Court.

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