HRW: New 68-pg report documenting mass executions by Syrian gov in two coastal towns
Re-posted from a reply to this thread, because the report really deserves more exposure than that...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662649
Syria: Mass Executions by Government Forces
New Evidence That at Least 248 Executed in Coastal Towns
September 13, 2013 Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/13/syria-mass-executions-government-forces
Link below: The 68-page report by HRW linked to in the article, includes numerous witness accounts and names names, places, and dates. It is nobody's opinion, it's all specific facts. I read the whole thing and I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand what's going on in Syria right now. The massacres in these towns BY GOVERNMENT FORCES took place during 2 days last May. Read it, put yourself in their place, and see if you can better understand the rage in the OP article. I'm not excusing it, but it does make more sense
“No One’s Left”: Summary Executions by Syrian Forces in al-Bayda and Baniyas
I'm pretty sure that report was just released today. Here's another worthwhile report released today, a film called "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution". I highly recommend this too. The line that got me, when Nour, a 24 year old English teacher says, "Why should I die cheap?". She meant accidentally, by stray shrapnel or something, as opposed to doing something to help her country. Please watch it, and read the report.
If anyone can read every word of that 68-page report, and still honestly argue that we should do nothing to stop that carnage, then I could only say that we'd have to agree to disagree.
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I agree with what HRW is urging the Security Council to do:
Require states to suspend all military sales and assistance, including technical training and services, to the Syrian government
Request that Syria grant the UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry unrestricted access to al-Bayda and Baniyas
Only problem is that the UNSC is broken and has been for a long time. Just like the US stymies any attempt to bring Israel into line, Russia does the same for Syria
I got your DUmail and will get back to you soon.
Sorry about the delay... 
Take yr time. I don't put a time limit on replying to my PMs
Yes, I do think some reminding is needed on the background of this. It has gone on for so long already (since March 2011) that a lot is gone from awareness by now.
The first thing Assad did was kick the journalists out, creating a news blackout in effect. I feel that what little "on the ground" reporting that gets out about Syria, should be noticed and considered.
Thank you for keeping so much good info together. and for the LBN post which I somehow managed to miss (coincidence of when I was on, I guess). I think this report is worthy of a big discussion on GD, but maybe I'm wrong about that, at least I'm glad to see that it was covered somewhere on DU. And your thread is very well done too, thank you for it!
Will watch any OP you may put together, that would be great. 
I'm pretty sure I know why it's not getting any attention, and I'm finding it really disappointing
Thank you anyway for posting it...
