Syrian Civil War
During the Syrian civil war, a UN report described actions by the security forces as being "gross violations of human rights". The UN report documented shooting recruits that refused to fire into peaceful crowds without warning, brutal interrogations including elements of sexual abuse of men and gang rape of young boys, staking out hospitals when wounded sought assistance, and shooting of children as young as two. In 2011 Human Rights Watch stated that Syria's human rights situation is among the worst in the world.
The majority of these violations been committed by the Syrian government's forces, though Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has said that both sides appear to have committed war crimes.
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