Syria: Rights, Accountability Key to Transition Plan

Accountability for serious abuses and human rights monitoring should be central to any transition plan in Syria, ahead of an international meeting on Syria in Geneva on June 30, 2012. Priorities should include the immediate end of gross human rights violations, the release of political prisoners, unrestricted access for human rights monitors to detention facilities, unhindered humanitarian assistance, and a concrete road map to rein in Syria’s security services. (Geneva) – Accountability for serious abuses and human rights monitoring should be central to any transition plan in…

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