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5) Myth: rebels starve themselves.
That's another sick argument by Assad apologist from same category: rebels gas themselves to blame nice Assad, rebels butcher own kids to blame nice Assad... Here UN document clearly says that its Assadist to starve people:
Sieges imposed by the Government in the Governorates of Homs, Rural Damascus and Damascus have been ongoing since 2012 and intensified in the spring of 2013. Information gathered by OHCHR demonstrates that maintaining a siege requires a high degree of control over entry and exit points to the area in question, and is primarily enforced by installing checkpoints. A pattern appears to have emerged where sieges were initially partially imposed, with civilians and goods allowed through checkpoints. As the conflict escalated, Government forces began to prevent all entry of goods, and proceeded to shell and, in some instances, carry out aerial bombardment of the area.
They also investigated Yarmouk camp specifically:
In December 2012, after armed opposition groups took control over the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, checkpoints strictly controlled exit from and entry into the main routes to the camp. Since then, Government, pro-government forces and pro-government Palestinian armed factions have been strictly controlling exit from and entry into the camp. Although humanitarian organizations were denied access to Yarmouk, civilian pedestrian traffic was permitted intermittently through government checkpoints. Families were allowed to come in and out of the camp and bring small quantities of food, including for instance one bag of bread per family per day, while additional items would be confiscated, according to a resident of the camp. However, from July 2013, all access points to Yarmouk have been sealed, preventing residents from passing and making humanitarian access impossible resulting in shortages of food, water and public services. As of January 2014, the besieged population of some 18,000 people, including many women and children, remained in the camp.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SY/LivingUnderSiege.pdf
So first in Dec 2012 they banned humanitarian organizations and limited quantity of food families could enter. Then in July 2013 they sealed it completely, banning entry of any goods into camp with many thousands of civilians including women and children.
That's another sick argument by Assad apologist from same category: rebels gas themselves to blame nice Assad, rebels butcher own kids to blame nice Assad... Here UN document clearly says that its Assadist to starve people:
Sieges imposed by the Government in the Governorates of Homs, Rural Damascus and Damascus have been ongoing since 2012 and intensified in the spring of 2013. Information gathered by OHCHR demonstrates that maintaining a siege requires a high degree of control over entry and exit points to the area in question, and is primarily enforced by installing checkpoints. A pattern appears to have emerged where sieges were initially partially imposed, with civilians and goods allowed through checkpoints. As the conflict escalated, Government forces began to prevent all entry of goods, and proceeded to shell and, in some instances, carry out aerial bombardment of the area.
They also investigated Yarmouk camp specifically:
In December 2012, after armed opposition groups took control over the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, checkpoints strictly controlled exit from and entry into the main routes to the camp. Since then, Government, pro-government forces and pro-government Palestinian armed factions have been strictly controlling exit from and entry into the camp. Although humanitarian organizations were denied access to Yarmouk, civilian pedestrian traffic was permitted intermittently through government checkpoints. Families were allowed to come in and out of the camp and bring small quantities of food, including for instance one bag of bread per family per day, while additional items would be confiscated, according to a resident of the camp. However, from July 2013, all access points to Yarmouk have been sealed, preventing residents from passing and making humanitarian access impossible resulting in shortages of food, water and public services. As of January 2014, the besieged population of some 18,000 people, including many women and children, remained in the camp.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SY/LivingUnderSiege.pdf
So first in Dec 2012 they banned humanitarian organizations and limited quantity of food families could enter. Then in July 2013 they sealed it completely, banning entry of any goods into camp with many thousands of civilians including women and children.