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Death toll rises to 62 on Syria's "Friday of anger"
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April 30, 2011, Saturday
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SYRIAN Observatory for Human Rights said today that at least 62 people were killed during anti-government protests that erupted across the country on the so- called "Friday of anger."
According to the report, some 15 people were killed in the southern province of Daraa, the hotbed of demonstrations.
Thousands of Syrians took to the streets earlier yesterday in the cities of Homs, Hama, Qamishli, Banias and some suburbs of the capital Damascus, calling for lifting the siege on the southern town of Daraa, according to Al-Jazeera.
Meanwhile, the official SANA news agency said yesterday that an "armed terrorist group" attacked a checkpoint in Daraa, killing four soldiers and kidnapping two. Two hours later, SANA reported that army forces succeeded in releasing the kidnapped soldiers.
Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Syria that condemned the use of lethal violence against peaceful protesters by the Syrian authorities and requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to dispatch a mission to Syria "to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law."
On his part, US President Barack Obama yesterday signed an executive order imposing sanctions against Syrian officials and others responsible for "human rights abuses," including the use of "violence against civilians" and the "commission of other human rights abuses."
According to the report, some 15 people were killed in the southern province of Daraa, the hotbed of demonstrations.
Thousands of Syrians took to the streets earlier yesterday in the cities of Homs, Hama, Qamishli, Banias and some suburbs of the capital Damascus, calling for lifting the siege on the southern town of Daraa, according to Al-Jazeera.
Meanwhile, the official SANA news agency said yesterday that an "armed terrorist group" attacked a checkpoint in Daraa, killing four soldiers and kidnapping two. Two hours later, SANA reported that army forces succeeded in releasing the kidnapped soldiers.
Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Syria that condemned the use of lethal violence against peaceful protesters by the Syrian authorities and requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to dispatch a mission to Syria "to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law."
On his part, US President Barack Obama yesterday signed an executive order imposing sanctions against Syrian officials and others responsible for "human rights abuses," including the use of "violence against civilians" and the "commission of other human rights abuses."
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