Human rights activists slam Syria's Assad
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During a decade in power, Syrian President Bashar Assad has not delivered on promises of greater freedoms or rights for his people, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.
Assad "has not delivered on his promises to increase public freedoms and improve his government's human rights record during a decade in power," HRW said in a report on the eve of the anniversary of his accession. "Whether President Assad wanted to be a reformer but was hampered by an entrenched old guard or has been just another Arab ruler unwilling to listen to criticism, the outcome for Syria's people is the same: no freedom, no rights," HRW's Sarah Leah Whitson said in a statement. (AFP)
