UN rights expert says Syria is in 'free fall'
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The head of the UN commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria warned Monday that the country is in "free fall" and has become a battlefield where civilians are the main victims of acts of terror, from indiscriminate shelling to rape and sectarian killing.
Paulo Pinheiro told the UN General Assembly that "massacres and other unlawful killings are perpetrated with impunity" – most by pro-government forces and some by anti-government armed groups. "The world must hear the cry of the people – stop the violence, put an end to this carnage, halt the destruction of the great country of Syria!," he said. (AP)
