After moving swiftly to sanction repression in Libya, the world has hesitated to act against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in fear of tipping the delicate Middle East power balance, analysts say.
"This hesitation on Syria is giving the wrong message to the regime," said Nadim Shehadi of the London-based Chatham House think-tank. "The longer the world is indecisive, the more the regime thinks it has a licence to kill."
As heavily-armed troops fired live rounds at pro-democracy protesters in the Syrian town of Daraa for a second day, bringing the death toll to close to 400 since March 15, the US, Britain and France began to up the pressure on Assad.
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The Middle East spokesman for Human Rights Watch, Nadim Houry, added that despite longstanding international commitments to respect human rights, the issue of rights had consistently been considered secondary -- and often an irritant -- in world diplomacy.
International response to repression in Iran had been far louder than in currently in Syria, "showing the world's double-standards", he said.
"Now we have an opportunity for people to push for a more principled diplomacy in the region, where people are yearning for the same values upheld by Europe," he said.
"It's time for fortress Europe to act," he said. Full story...
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European Union take this decision a little bit latter but took right decision Syrian forces killing day by day so many people now we have to stop these killings immediately and arrest those leaders who are against the Syrian people and killing them with their forces i don't know the Syrian leaders what they are doing will they win the war which they have been continuing with their people? no they never with the war which against their people.
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