UN Calls for Action in Syria

The United Nations Human Rights Council met in Geneva and voted to pass a resolution on Syria. This documents stated the the UN "strongly condemns the continued widespread, systematic and gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities, such as arbitrary executions, excessive use of force and the killing and persecution of protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment, including against children." They are urging other UN bodies to take action in order to avoid a potential civil war in the area.

So far at least 4,000 people have been killed and more than 14,000 people have been imprisoned for opposing the government. The violence and government crackdown began in March 2011 & has continued to worsen. Neighboring countries have already begun to pressure Syria by imposing sanctions on its people and entities.