UN Dismayed About Reports of Syrian Executions -- Voice of America
The United Nations' human rights office has expressed alarm at reports that 17 executions have taken place after Syrian government forces took control of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the global body has received unconfirmed reports of "a particularly grisly set of summary executions" in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs on Thursday.
He said the U.N. is appealing to authorities to prevent unlawful reprisals, torture and arbitrary detentions.
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