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| Syria signs law imposing dealth penalty on those arming 'terrorists' |
| 2011-12-20 |
| Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has signed into effect a law imposing the death penalty on anyone arming "terrorists", according to state media amid mounting clashes with rebel troops. Wonder when Amnesia International and the various anti-DP types rise up in protest... "The law provides for the death penalty for anyone providing weapons or helping to provide weapons intended for the carrying out of terrorist acts," the official SANA news agency said. The decree also imposes life imprisonment with hard labour for arms smuggling "for profit or to carry out acts of terrorism," and 15 years' hard labour for arms smuggling for other purposes. The Syrian authorities contend that protests raging since March are the work of "armed terrorists" not civilian demonstrators as maintained by Western governments and human rights groups. The UN General Assembly on Monday overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses during the authorities' crackdown on the protests, which the world body says has left more than 5,000 people dead. It comes as Syria was accused of engaging in a time-buying ruse on Monday after it agreed to allow the Arab League to send observers into the country, temporarily averting a threat by regional powers to refer Damascus to the UN Security Council. Ruse. That's what thugs do, right? |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Irony is quite thick there. Under that law Assad should be amongst the first against the wall. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-12-20 13:52 |
| #1 About damn time. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-12-20 13:21 |