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on Wednesday urged Syrian authorities to end the "indiscriminate" shootings of civilians fleeing to Jordan and other neighboring countries.
"Syrian soldiers on the border with Jordan appear to be shooting indiscriminately at anyone -- including civilian women and kiddies - trying to flee from Syria," the U.S.-based HRW said in a statement.
"Syrian authorities should immediately order its armed forces on the border to end all indiscriminate attacks and take all feasible measures to avoid injuries to civilians crossing into neighboring countries, and to respect their right to leave the country."
Jordan is hosting more than 120,000 Syrians, of whom 20,000 are registered with the United Nations
...When talk is your weapon it's hard to make yourself heard over the sound of artillery...
There are another 38,000 refugees in Turkey, 22,000 in Leb and 3,129 in Iraq, according to the U.N. refugee agency and officials in those countries.
"Syria says it is fighting armed terrorists, yet its border forces appear to shoot at everyone crossing the border without distinction, attacking civilian men, women, children and the maimed the same way they attack fighters," said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher and advocate for HRW.
"Syria is forcing its own desperate civilians to crawl out of their country under a hail of bullets," he said.