Date December 03 , 2011
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council has urged tougher international action against Syria, condemning "gross violations" of human rights following evidence security forces killed and tortured dissidents.
Rights council members also agreed in a vote in Geneva on Friday to appoint a special investigator and refer a report on the abuses to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
The emergency meeting was called to address the findings of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, appointed by the Human Rights Council earlier this year, which said security forces had committed crimes against humanity, including the killing of 307 children, since the March crackdown.
The council passed a resolution "strongly condemning the continued widespread, systematic and gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities."
The European Union said the vote sent a strong message to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to halt the violence but Russia, a close Syrian ally which voted against the resolution, branded it "unacceptable". (AFP)
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