Syria: UN must be given immediate access to investigate reports of Treimseh killings

Headline Title: UN must be allowed to investigate reports of Treimseh killings 13 July 2012 Reports of mass killings in the Sunni town of al-Treimseh (or Tremseh) are further proof of the urgent need for UN monitors to be granted full and immediate access to all parts of the country to conduct independent investigations into human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today.According to Syrian opposition sources, scores of people were killed on Thursday morning when the Syrian army and security forces along with pro-government militia known as Shabiha, attacked al-Treimseh near…

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