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UN: Syrian Government Using Militias for Mass Killings


(Reuters) The Syrian government is using local militias known as Popular Committees to commit mass killings, UN human rights investigators said on Monday. The investigators, who cited accounts from witnesses and victims, also said people were being harassed or arrested by the committees because they came from regions perceived as being supportive of the uprising.
2013-03-12 00:00:00
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