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CSI Joins Broad-Based, International Appeal to President Biden to End Collective Punishment of Syria s Civilians January 21, 2021 (PRLEAP.COM) Politics News ZURICH - Today, over 90 senior leadership figures worldwide called on U.S. President Joe Biden to lift those economic sanctions that kill, displace, impoverish and otherwise harm the civilian population of Syria, as called for by the UN Special Rapporteur for Unilateral Coercive Measures, Prof. Alena Douhan.
The UN Special Rapporteur declared in a statement published on December 29 that unilateral U.S. economic coercive measures violate the human rights of the Syrian people and exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation in Syria, especially in the course of COVID-19 pandemic, by blocking the aid, trade and investment necessary for Syria s health system and economy to function and recover after ten years of brutal conflict.