Report Critical of Assad Crackdown on Syrian Dissent

Human Rights Watch issued a report highly critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

The report says possible crimes against humanity have been committed during the regime’s brutal eight-month crackdown on dissent.

Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director for Human Rights Watch, New York.

Human Rights Watch:
The systematic nature of abuses against civilians in Homs by Syrian government forces, including torture and unlawful killings, indicate that crimes against humanity have been committed, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

Human Rights Watch urged the Arab League, meeting in Cairo on November 12, 2011, to suspend Syria’s membership in the League and to ask the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions against individuals responsible for the violations, and refer Syria to the International Criminal Court.