A MEMBER of Syria’s parliament has left the country to join the opposition against President Bashar Assad’s regime, saying the Syrian people are suffering sweeping human rights violations.

A Syrian MP has fled the country to join the opposition against President Bashar Assad, saying the people are suffering sweeping human rights violations.

The UN Secretary General today demanded that Syria’s president stop killing his own people, saying the revolutions of the Arab Spring show that people will no longer accept tyranny.

Syrian forces have tortured and killed civilians in the rebellious province of Homs in an assault that indicates crimes against humanity, an international human rights group said today.