联合国人权事务高级专员皮莱呼吁叙利亚立即实现人道停火。与此同时，效忠总统阿萨德的部队在对反政府区域的歼灭性攻击中又打死数十人。
人权组织说，政府军星期二在叙利亚各地打死了至少41名平民，抗议中心城市哈马附近中部城镇哈勒法耶有20人被打死。
被围困的霍姆斯市的反对派人士在接受路透社采访时说，叙利亚总统阿萨德的兄弟马希尔控制的精锐第四师的坦克已经进入街道。
在日内瓦，联合国人权事务高级专员皮莱在联合国人权理事会上说，国际社会必须采取行动，阻止叙利亚部队继续对平民发动攻击。叙利亚驻联合国大使哈姆维起身离开会议以示抗议。
人权理事会在星期二预计会谴责叙利亚在居民区和追剿反对派时，“残暴”使用重型武器。这是该机构自叙利亚去年三月举行起义以来，第四次谴责阿萨德。
联合国星期二还说，在政府镇压期间，叙利亚有“超过7500人”死亡，这比先前估计的死亡人数高出 2千多人。
联合国负责政治事务的副秘书长帕斯科在安理会会议上表示，“有可靠的报道”说，现在的死亡人数经常是每天超过100人，“包括许多妇女和儿童”。 叙利亚官员一直坚持说，政府是在打击外国资助的武装“恐怖分子”。
The United Nations human rights chief has called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Syria, as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed dozens more people in attacks on rebellious areas.
Rights groups say government troops killed at least 41 civilians Tuesday throughout Syria, including 20 in an assault on the central protest hub of Helfaya. Opposition sources in the besieged city of Homs told Reuters that tanks from the Syrian army's elite Fourth Division, controlled by Mr. Assad's brother, Maher, had moved onto the streets.
In Geneva, Navi Pillay told the U.N. Human Rights Council the international community must take action to prevent Syrian troops from continuing to assault civilians. Syria's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva ((Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui)) walked out of the meeting.
Council members are expected to condemn Syria Tuesday for its "brutal" use of heavy weapons in residential areas and persecuting opponents, its fourth such rebuke to Mr. Assad since the uprising began last March.
The United Nations said Tuesday that "well over 7,500 people" have been killed in Syria during the government crackdown, raising its previous estimated death toll by more than 2,000.
U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told the Security Council that "credible reports" say the death toll now often exceeds 100 civilians a day, "including many women and children." Syrian officials insist the government is fighting foreign-backed armed "terrorists."