Syria authorities target children, says UN rights chief

Syrian authorities are systematically detaining and torturing children, the United Nations' human rights chief, Navi Pillay, has told the BBC.

 Hundreds of innocent children are tortured. Horrendous treatments were given to of children during the unrest. Children shot in the knees, held together with adults in really inhumane conditions, denied medical treatment for their injuries, either held as hostages or as sources of information. The UN had also received claims that the rebel Free Syrian Army was using children as child soldiers.

 President Bashar al-Assad could end the detentions and stop the killing of civilians immediately, simply by issuing an order. 
According to her, Assad will eventually stand trial for the abuses committed by security forces loyal to his regime. "There is no statute of limitations so people like (Assad) can go on for a very long time but one day they will have to face justice," she told the BBC.


On Tuesday Syria accepted the six-point peace plan proposed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who currently serves as the head of a UN delegation to Syria. Several Syrian dissident groups meeting in Istanbul agreed to recognise the Syrian National Council as the official representative of the Syrian people. However, none of the delegates believed President Assad was sincere, and the Syrian opposition would never accept any deal allowing him to remain in power.

The UN says more than 9,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Assad began a year ago.

Why pull the innocent children into the dark adult world? They deserve a proper, normal childhood and not be captured and detained because of a revolution.