The jihadist group Islamic State (EI) and the Syrian government regularly commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syrian civil war, according to the latest UN report.
The crimes committed by the Islamic State including torture, murder and rape, has denounced the UN commission investigating atrocities committed in the country. In addition, the committee also notes that the Syrian government has launched barrel pumps in areas with civilians, including some suspected of containing chemical agents such as chlorine, in eight incidents in April, including war crimes should be investigated according to the commission itself.
The report is based on interviews with 480 people and documents the period between 20 January and 15 July this year. The UN has also made a forensic analysis of 26,948 images allegedly taken between 2011 and 2013 in government detention centers where they are detected "systematic torture and murder of prisoners."
The text reveals how jihadists EI performed regularly, especially on Fridays, public executions-including -Under men accused of collaborating with other groups, and public whipping of women who do not obey the dress code of the group "dare to "go out with your hair or your face uncovered.
Often militia force passers EI, including children, to witness executions, usually realized through beheadings or headshots.
The bodies of those executed, often crucified, are left to public view for three days, as a method of terrorizing the local population.
The commission, chaired by Professor Paulo Sergio Pineiro Brazilian believes that EI has committed war crimes by executing people without due process of law, and crimes against humanity for not bury that processed according faiths.
"The Islamic State represents a clear danger to the civilian population, particularly for minorities, now under their control in Syria," said Pineiro.
Concern for the bombing
It has been shown that the recruit jihadist group and trains military children up to 10 years and the commission argues that "educates" says the text, which also indicates that children are active members of the fighting, "including missions suicide attacks. "
For this reason, the UN investigators have warned about the presence of children in military training camps of the Islamic state in Syria, and therefore, any decision taken by the United States to bomb Islamist positions "must respect the laws of the war. "
In addition, researchers, including Carla del Ponte, former prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and current member of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria UN included, has produced four confidential lists of suspected crimes should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
"Impunity reigns in Syria. Accusations of those responsible would be a first step to finding justice for the victims but also to end the conflict. I have seen in other cases such as in the Balkans or Rwanda," he said del Ponte.
The Islamic State is reinforced
The report makes clear that the recent military gains in Iraq EI have strengthened their position in Syria, "both materially and psychologically."
"EI is much better organized and funded by the considerable resources and making military equipment in Iraq, the group has consolidated its control over large areas of the provinces of the north and east of Syria, Dayr az Zawr in particular," he adds.
"EI increasingly struggle against other armed groups, and to a lesser extent, government forces," he says.
The report notes that to attract further foreign fighters, especially since proclaimed an Islamic caliphate, the group captures a growing number of Syrians, especially after alliances with local tribes in the provinces of Ar Raqqah, and Dayr Al Hasakah az Zawr.
"To mitigate popular discontent over its radical methods of government, EI has adopted a strategy based on the establishment of order through a combination of brutality and supply essential services, including security and work.
0 comments:
Post a Comment