News stories by Sherine Tadros

  1. A New Low for Security Council as Russia Takes Syrian Human Rights Off the Table

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) - Sherine Tadros is Head of Amnesty International's UN Office in New YorkThere is nothing controversial about saying the UN Security Council has failed Syria. Diplomats have openly admitted it, journalists have written about it, human rights organizations have declared it - several times over in the past seven years. But what happened this week was deplorable and unacceptable, even by the very low standards we now have for the Council when it comes to Syria.

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