Friends of Syria must use their influence to stop cycle of repression and violence

Headline Title: Friends of Syria must use their influence to stop cycle of repression and violence 05 July 2012 Decisive steps are needed to end the increasingly bloody cycle of repression and abuse in Syria as the armed conflict threatens to further spread and intensify, Amnesty International said ahead of an international Friends of Syria meeting in Paris on 6 July. The organization called for the imposition of an immediate arms embargo aimed at stopping the transfer of arms to the Syrian government, a Security Council referral of the situation to the Prosecutor of the International…

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