Report Critical of Assad Crackdown on Syrian Dissent

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Human Rights Watch issued a report highly critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The report says possible crimes against humanity have been committed during the regime’s brutal eight-month crackdown on dissent. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director for Human Rights Watch, New York.

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