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UN rights chief slams 'paralysis' on Syria as death toll tops 191,000

UN rights chief slams 'paralysis' on Syria as death toll tops 191,000

August 22, 2014 | 11:56 AM
Navi Pillay

AFPMore than 191,000 people have died in Syria, United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay said Friday, hitting out at "international paralysis" on the nearly three-and-a-half year conflict. Between March 2011 and April this year, 191,369 people were killed in war-ravaged Syria -- more than double the last toll provided a year ago of 93,000 dead, Pillay said in a statement, warning that the new number is likely an underestimate.

August 22, 2014 | 11:56 AM