New York/New Delhi, Aug.27 (ANI): India should take the lead in condemning Syrian Government-sponsored executions and indiscriminate shelling, said a senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) official.
Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch South Asia Director, said in a statement: "There are shocking allegations by eyewitnesses of indiscriminate shelling and executions by Syrian forces in Deraya and Maadamiye."
She added: "Witnesses have described finding bodies with gun shots in the forehead and injuries inflicted by swords and knives. As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to the NAM summit in Iran, it is crucial that the heads of state gathered there, unanimously condemn the failure to protect civilians in Syria."
"India should take the lead on this, considering its own interests in the region," Ganguly said.
According to media reports, dozens of bloodied bodies were buried Sunday in mass graves in a Damascus suburb where activists claim more than 300 people have been killed over the past week in a major government offensive to take back control of rebel-held areas in and around the capital.
The British-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 32 more dead bodies were found in the streets of Daraya on Sunday and that they had been killed by "gunfire and summary executions."
Among them were three women and two children, the group said. It put the toll for the past week as at least 320.
Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, claimed 300 bodies were discovered Saturday in Daraya and 633 people have been killed there since the government launched its assault last week. (ANI)
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