SYRIA - UN Report, Torture and Executions of Children

If you believe in reincarnation, this could be proof.  Bashar al-Assad as the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler and the evil brought on the world.

"UN says children caught in Syria’s civil war suffer ‘unspeakable’ abuse" PBS Newshour 2/6/2014

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SUMMARY:  A UN report has found that in addition to the thousands of children who have been injured, killed or displaced as part of the war, the Syrian government has also tortured kids they suspect of being connected to the opposition, while others have been executed by armed opposition groups.  Judy Woodruff learns more from Leila Zerrougui, a UN special representative for children and armed conflict.

JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  This week, the United Nations released a report on children and the Syria conflict.  It found that the Syrian government is responsible for thousands of deaths, and charged that it put children as young as 11 in prisons where they suffered — quote — “beatings with metal cables, sexual violence and mock executions.”

It also accuses armed opposition groups of summary executions of children.

Joining me now is one of the authors of the report.  She is Leila Zerrougui, the U.N. special representative of the secretary-general for children and armed conflict.