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Syria is systematically targeting children, UN's Pillay says

Navi Pillay, the UN human rights chief, said in an interview that security forces in Syria are systematically detaining and torturing children with the approval or complicity of President Bashar Assad. "They've gone for the children, for whatever purpose, in large numbers, hundreds detained and tortured," she said. "It's just horrendous, children shot in the knees, held together with adults, in really inhumane conditions, denied medical treatment for their injuries, either held as hostages, or held as sources of information." BBC (3/28) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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