UN: Syria war crimes proof enough to indict

The UN inquiry identified military units and security agencies as
well as rebel groups suspected of committing abuses, Paulo Pinheiro, the
chairman of the inquiry said on Tuesday.


Four confidential lists of suspects on both sides have been drawn up to date.


"This 'perpetrators list', as we call it, contains names of persons
criminally responsible for hostage-taking, torture and executions,"
Pinheiro told the Human Rights Council.


"It also contains names of the heads of intelligence branches and
detention facilities where detainees are tortured, names of military
commanders who target civilians, airports from which barrel bomb attacks
are planned and executed, and armed groups involved in attacking and
displacing civilians."


In its updated report, the UN commission of inquiry on Syria said the
period of January 20 to March 10 was marked by escalating infighting
within rebel groups throughout northern and northeastern provinces.


Syrian government forces dropped barrel bombs on Aleppo and other
cities, it said, causing extensive civilian casualties in areas with no
clear military target. They also severely tortured detainees, according
to the report.





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