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By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press
Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011
Amnesty International condemns Assad regime for brutal tactics in border city of Talkalakh in May
The rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday that Syrian security forces may have committed war crimes during a deadly siege of an opposition town in May, citing witness accounts of deaths in custody, torture and arbitrary detention.
The Amnesty report focused on a crackdown in Talkalakh, a town near the Lebanese border that was overrun by army tank units, security forces and pro-regime gunmen after weeks of protests calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad. Some activists place the Talkalakh death toll as high as 36. Thousands of people also fled to Lebanon to escape the offensive.
The report by the London-based group could boost international pressure on Assad's regime as it presses attacks on various fronts against a four-month-old uprising, including sending more forces this week against a string of towns along the Turkish border seen as potential anti-government strongholds.
Amnesty called on the U.N. Security Council to refer the case to the International Criminal Court.
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