Syrian death toll more over 191,000
23 Aug BBC
More than 191,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict up
to April, the UN human rights chief says.
Navi Pillay said the figure was “probably an underestimate” and
criticised what she called “international paralysis” on the issue. The
figure is more than double the UN estimate given a year ago.
Opposition groups in Syria have been fighting President Bashar al-Assad
for over three years, but have lost ground in recent months.The UN
report was based on data from four different monitoring groups and the
Syrian government which was then cross-checked.Tragically it is probably
an underestimate of the real total number of people killed during the
first three years of this murderous conflict”, Mrs Pillay, the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, said.
“The killers, destroyers and torturers in Syria have been empowered
and emboldened by the international paralysis” she added.The highest
number of killings was recorded in Damascus province, with 39,393
deaths, followed by Aleppo, with 31,932.Both the Syrian government and
Syrian rebel groups have been accused of war crimes by the UN.One year
on from the chemical weapon attack in Damascus, the war in Syria has
become part of a wider regional struggle.
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