In a letter to U.S. ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, the U.S. senator declared, when it's time for the ICC to investigate allegations of large and very disruptive to the Assad government because of the handling of anti-government protesters.
"The important thing is the Security Council to bring credible allegations of crimes against humanity by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to the ICC," writes U.S. senators as reported by AFP news agency on Wednesday (26/10/2011).
"The people of Syria deserve to know that the American people understand their suffering, their support and will work to bring justice for their country," the letter of U.S. senators.
In the letter, the U.S. senator stressed that the U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, who frequently criticized the Syrian government's attitude towards the demonstrators, had left Syria due to "credible threats to his safety".
Democratic senators like Dick Durbin, Benjamin Cardin, Robert Menendez and Barbara Boxer signed the letter to Rice.
According to UN estimates, more than three thousand people have been killed in the operation carried out Syrian forces against protesters since the massive demonstrations occurred in the country in mid-March. In its action, the demonstrators demanded the reform and the resignation of Assad.
Source : detiknews
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