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Syrian opposition: Massacre could follow deadline
 (CNN) -- The corpse count in Syria's violent crackdown on anti-regime protesters has risen to close to 5,000 people, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... said Monday. More than 300 of them have been children "killed by State forces," Navi Pillay said in a briefing for the U.N. Security Council, citing "reliable sources." "This situation is intolerable," she said. More than 200 people have reportedly died in violence in Syria since December 2, she said. "The Syrian population continues to live in fear of further violent repression." Pillay named the city of Homs, one of the uprising's main centers, as a particular flash point. As nightfall arrived Monday in Syria, many residents of Homs went to bed afraid that a historic siege on their city could be imminent. Opposition figures said the Syrian government had warned people in Homs to stop anti-government protests, hand in weapons and surrender defecting military members by Monday night or face attack by the government forces. Syrian forces gave a 72-hour warning, said Lt. Col. Mohamed Hamdo of the Free Syrian Army, an opposition group of defected Syrian military personnel. Activists on the ground said the ultimatum was issued Friday for Homs. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-13 |
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