Assad’s Continuing Crackdown
Tanks are poised around Hama and Amnesty International has finally found its voice; it seeks to get the UN to take up the matter at the International Criminal Court for multiple crimes against humanity including unlawful detentions, torture, murder in an effort to quell ongoing protests.
Meanwhile, the parliamentarian elections have been postponed, with Assad claiming that this is necessary to give time to prepare for a more pluralistic makeup and new rules, etc. However, it also gives Assad more time to crush the opposition - the same groups that would supposedly be brought into the reforming government.