British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday that his country expected the United Nations to initiate sanctions against Syria for its violent treatment of protesters against Bashar al-Assad's regime. In a speech, Hague said that he would work to “muster international diplomatic action” against Syria, particularly through European Union embargoes to “pressure President Assad to stop the killing and repression.”
“Governments that set their face against reform altogether, as Libya has done and Syria is beginning to do, are doomed to failure,” Hague said. “Simply refusing to address legitimate grievances or attempting to stamp them out will fail. The idea of freedom cannot be confined behind bars – however strong the lock.”
“Governments that set their face against reform altogether, as Libya has done and Syria is beginning to do, are doomed to failure,” Hague said. “Simply refusing to address legitimate grievances or attempting to stamp them out will fail. The idea of freedom cannot be confined behind bars – however strong the lock.”