Swiss prosecutor supports Russian intervention in Syria
SWI : Feb 8, 2016 - 21:58
Carla Del Ponte, the Swiss special prosecutor who serves on the UN
commission of inquiry on Syria, has said that she generally considers
Russian intervention in Syria “a good thing”.
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Carla Del Ponte, the Swiss special prosecutor who serves on the UN
commission of inquiry on Syria, has said that she generally ...
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In speaking with Swiss Public Television RTS on Monday, Del Ponte said that
“globally, I think Russian intervention is good, because then someone is
attacking these terrorist groups…[such as] ISIS and al-Nusra”.
However, she added that based on what is known, the Russians make “a bit
too little distinction between terrorists and others…which is not as good”.
Through its violent air strikes in Syria, Moscow has been accused by many
Western governments of being at least partially responsible for the
breakdown of the third round of Syrian peace talks in Geneva last week, and
for also targeting more moderate rebel groups opposed to Assad’s
government. German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticised the air
strikes while on a visit to Turkey on Monday.
*War crimes report released*
Del Ponte’s comments come as the UN commission of inquiry on Syria released
a report of widespread war crimes in the Syrian conflict, with the torture
and killing of thousands of people by both the Syrian government and
terrorist groups operating in the region.
The report found that tens of thousands of people had been arrested in
March 2011 by the security forces of the government of President Bashar
Assad, especially men and male adolescents around 15 years old.
The terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) and the radical Islamist Al-Nusra
Front were also found to have perpetrated arbitrary mass executions of
soldiers and executions of prisoners following death sentences by illegal
courts.
Even some of the more moderate rebel groups had killed captured soldiers
following illegal trials, according to the report which is based on
interviews with 621 witnesses outside Syria as well as telephone
conversations and documents.
Del Ponte told swissinfo.ch last week that it is essential to negotiate
with Assad to end the conflict, and to create a specific war crimes
tribunal in a neighbouring country to address the atrocities being
committed in Syria. However, she does not believe the creation of such a
tribunal to be possible until a cease fire is achieved.
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