US and UN express horror at the Syrian Torture Report
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[quote][B]The US and UN have reacted with "horror" to allegations in a new report that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising.
The US said the reports underscored the need to remove the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.[/B]
A Syrian spokesman said the report had no credibility as it was commissioned by Qatar, which funds rebel groups.
The report comes a day before peace talks are due to begin in Switzerland.
Delegations are now arriving for the talks, known as Geneva II, which open in Montreux on Wednesday, and continue in Geneva two days later.
The conference is seen as the biggest diplomatic effort yet to end a three-year conflict that has left more than 100,000 dead and millions displaced.
'Extremely disturbing'
The report, by three former war crimes prosecutors, is based on the evidence of a defected military police photographer, referred to only as Caesar, who along with others reportedly smuggled about 55,000 digital images of some 11,000 dead detainees out of Syria.[/quote]
[editline]21st January 2014[/editline]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25836550[/url]
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