[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN: Syrian documented deaths more than double since last year

 

UN: Syrian documented deaths doubled in a year | Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 22, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN: Syrian documented deaths doubled in a year The documented death toll through April from the Syrian civil war is at least 191,369 people, more than double the number reported a year ago, says Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Pillay noted that the conflict has "dropped off the international radar." 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