{"id":98265,"date":"2023-05-21T06:54:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=98265"},"modified":"2023-05-21T06:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:54:34","slug":"hrw-slams-uae-for-inviting-assads-syria-to-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/98265\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW slams UAE for inviting Assad\u2019s Syria to COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed on May 18 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for inviting the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to COP28, the global United Nations climate conference, without holding him accountable for the crimes he committed during Syria\u2019s war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2023\/05\/18\/uae-invites-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-cop28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HRW reported<\/a> that the UAE seems to prepare to help al-Assad burnish his image, despite committing war crimes against his people, displacing millions, and weaponizing humanitarian aid and diverting it away from populations that oppose him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2011, eight months after pro-democracy protests began in Syria, the Arab League took the decision to suspend the government in Damascus over its brutal response. By 2023, nearly half a million people had been killed in the Syrian Civil War, mostly by the government and its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, a number of regional powers \u2013 Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Jordan among them \u2013 had long pushed for rapprochement with Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 7, Arab foreign ministers of the Arab League agreed on Syria\u2019s official return to its seat in the Arab League after more than 10 years of suspension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HRW also stressed that Arab countries have rushed to normalize ties with Assad\u2019s government \u201cwithout demanding accountability for the grave abuses committed over the last 12 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization slammed the use a conference meant to spur ambitious climate action for returning al-Assad to the international fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HRW also implored the governments that will attend the COP28 to ensure \u201cthat serious crimes committed under Assad\u2019s rule are investigated and prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Emma Jamal<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed on May 18 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for inviting the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to COP28, the global United Nations climate conference, without holding him accountable for the crimes he committed during Syria\u2019s war. 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