UN Child Rights Committee appalled at deliberate targeting of children in Syria

GENEVA (31 May 2012) – The Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday strongly deplored the massacre that took place in the El Houleh area of Homs in Syria on 25 and 26 May in which at least 108 people, including 49 children, were killed. Most of these children were reportedly under the age of 10. The Committee expressed further alarm at reports by United Nations observers of the continued indiscriminate acts of violence and killings against the civilian population and the increasing number of civilian victims, particularly children.

“The Committee is deeply concerned that, since the beginning of protests in Syria in March 2011, hundreds of children have been killed, injured and detained, and thatpassages defined on the surfaces of the MEAs from outside. Conventionally, gaskets were placed in the periphery of the interface between each adjoining pair of a MEA and a distribution plate. The contact area between the MEA and the gas diffusion electrode was ensured by pressing them together by applying an external force, typically with the aid of a suitable fastener. The required electric connection between the gas diffusion electrode and an electrode terminal connected to an external circuit was also ensured by pressing them together by applying an external force.
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