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Mon 13 Feb 2012

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UN human rights chief urges General Assembly to act now to protect Syrians

The United Nations human rights chief today appealed to Member States to act now to protect the Syrian people as the Government’s violent crackdown on peaceful protests continues unabated and the number of dead and injured continues to rise.

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