Human Rights Watch slams Assad
'Human Rights Watch' has slammed the Assad regime in Syria for having done 'virtually nothing' to expand freedom and improve rights over the last ten years. New York-based Human Rights Watch said President Bashar Assad has failed to deliver on promises of reform when he came to power 10 years ago this month.I'm surprised they noticed.
"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," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.
The report comes as Syria tries to emerge from international isolation and improve relations with Arab and Western states. The United States has boosted engagement with Syria in the hopes of drawing the country away from Iran and the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
Syrian officials were not available for comment Friday and generally do not respond to such criticism.
Shabbat Shalom everyone.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:03 PM
2 Comments:
I'm surprised HRW even wrote a critical report on the Assad dictatorship.
Good news, indeed!
Carl, Shabbat Shalom!
Unlike the Jews who get so upset when we are told we have been naughty even by the anti-Israel HRW does anybody think Assad even cares what HRW says about him?
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