Syria Commits Crime Against Humanity

Syria, in the past few weeks, has been accused of crimes against humanity. Particularly in a industrial city named Homs, where several protests have broken out and security forces have been placed. Since November 2, it is thought that at least 104 more people have died at the hands of the security forces in Homs and that it could be more. Syria has been suspended from the Arab League pending further investigation and the UN is in talks to embargo arms and enact sanctions. In the article the author states that Homs is a microcosm to the entirety of Syria, making it just a small view of a larger picture that may be much worse than previously believed. With the deaths and seeming violent put downs of the protests what can be expected next?

In the arena of human rights there is the obvious violations of right to life and freedom of speech. The right to life is the most prominent and worrisome violation on the part of Syria. Many protests have broken out in Syria and it has not quite come out of its period of Arab Spring. Anti-government sentiment is high and if the government continues to react as it does, it can only be expected that it will violate the right to life of more and more of its citizens. On freedom of speech, it is pretty plain. The protests are being stopped by the means necessary and it seems that in some cases, if not most, that has been violent means.

I have never supported any sort of violence. I never will. al-Assad, in my opinion, should step down at this point. If there is so much strife in you country that even with the use of force protests will not stop reoccurring, maybe you should reevaluate your decisions. There are times like these where I am happy I live in the US because I know if someone tried to pull this in our own country they'd be evicted from the White House before the paper was out the next morning. Syria's government needs to take a hint from the Arab League and the UN and understand that if they are getting penalized so much they should cut their losses and figure something new out.

How do you feel about these deaths in Homs? Should security personnel be allowed such liberties? Can there be a solution in the future?