Human Rights Watch: Syrian troops who defected describe being ordered to shoot ... - News1130

• Date: Jul 9 2011 Time: 04:57
• Description:
  Not Yet Classified — New York State
  In a report released Saturday, the New York-based group cites some of the defectors as saying that if they had refused to obey orders, they could have been shot themselves. Damascus has used a mix of fierce violence and tentative promises of reform to ...