AI: Syrian rebel human rights violations increasing. Don't rush to supply arms.
Cilina Nasser, Amnesty’s researcher who documented a rise in violations by rebels in today’s new report, urged countries like Britain to assess the human rights risks of arming the rebels. Nasser said Amnesty was “very worried” by the increase in war crimes committed by rebels.
Nasser said: “We call on the all the opposition groups to take immediate action to stop human rights abuses. The uprising began by the people in Syria to stop human rights violations committed by the regime. It is very disappointing to see that opposition groups are committing horrible crimes as well.”
She also noted that the scale of abuses committed by government forces were much greater.
Air strikes against civilian areas by the government remained the biggest killer in the conflict, she said. But rebel groups had also used “indiscriminate” weapons against civilian areas.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/mar/14/syria-crisis-rebel-war-crimes-rising-amnesty-live
