Syrian dictator Assad promises amnesty.

GDN - The Syrian government offered an amnesty to conscientious objectors and deserters. Ruler Assad wants to encourage the fled soldiers to return to his country. President Bashar al-Assad published a decree on the Internet guaranteeing impunity for all men concerned.

Assad states that the affected deserters have four months to stand and be pardoned. However, those who have fought the government or fought with the rebels against Assad will be punished. The Syrian army has lost tens of thousands of soldiers in the bloody and inhumane war against its own Syrian people, so they now need new men. Human rights activists and activists regularly report forced recruitment in areas formerly ruled by rebels. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grande had already warned the deserters' fears of punishment in the month of August because lack of infrastructure was mentioned as the reason why the time had come for a large-scale return of refugees (source: n tv.de).

But what does the word of a dictator and despot for the Syrian people count? The fled Syrian people, deserters of the army, would be well advised if they did not believe the promises of Assad. Dictator Assad has fought his own people, murdered and now wants to tell the world and the Syrian people, everything is forgotten and "we" start new? Presumably, almost every Syrian who goes back to his country will have to face punishment, torture, jail and fear for his life. President Assad is a tyrant, warmonger and belongs to an international court tribunal where he should be held accountable for crimes against his people and against humanity.