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February 23, 2015

U.N. Panel Could Publish Names of Alleged War Criminals in Syrian Civil War 
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United Nations investigators probing war crimes in Syria's civil war say
they are considering publishing the names of suspects responsible for
atrocities. Panel chair Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro accused both the Syrian
government and Islamic State insurgents of committing war crimes and
crimes against humanity.

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro: "The horrific things are not only being
perpetrated by the two terrorist groups, as the Security Council has
defined, so-called ISIS (Islamic State) and Jabhat al-Nusra. But it's
very important not to forget the human rights violations, the war
crimes, the crimes against humanity committed by government forces and
by other nonstate armed groups that continue to act, to be present in
the conflict."

 

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