Arab League vote to suspend Syria puts pressure on Security Council to act

Headline Title: Arab League vote to suspend Syria puts pressure on Security 14 November 2011 The Arab League's decision to suspend Syria must spur the UN Security Council into action, Amnesty International said today. At an emergency meeting in Cairo Saturday, 18 out of 22 member states voted in favour of suspending Syria's membership of the regional organization with effect from Wednesday if the government continued to breach the terms of the Arab League's action plan."This decision sends a clear signal from the Arab League that the gross human rights violations that continue…

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