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Source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/02/222610.htm
Syrian Government Detains Relatives of Opposition Peace Talks Delegation
(U.S. State Department) State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said Wednesday: "The United States is outraged by reports that the Assad regime has arrested family members of the Syrian Opposition Coalition delegation to the Geneva II peace talks." "Unfortunately, these arrests and attempts to silence dissent are not new behavior for the Assad regime. Political and arbitrary imprisonment, and the systematic torture and death of tens of thousands of people without access to due process, are but a few of the regime's documented human rights violations."