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Children in Syria are subjected to "appalling1" torture, imprisonment2 and abduction, and these atrocities3 should be better documented, a report by British charity Save the Children says.
英国慈善团体拯救儿童的一份报告显示，叙利亚儿童正经受“可怕的”折磨、监禁与拐骗，这些暴行应该被更好地备案。
Drawing on the testimony4 of Syrian refugee children, the charity calls on the United Nations to increase its presence on the ground.
The report comes at the start of the UN General Assembly's annual meeting.
Earlier, UN envoy6 Lakhdar Brahimi said the situation in Syria was "extremely bad and getting worse".
Speaking after he had briefed the Security Council following his first visit to Syria since taking up the post, Mr Brahimi admitted he did not have a full plan on how to bring peace.
Although Syria is not formally on the agenda at the UN General Assembly's annual conference, it is expected to dominate discussions.
'Systematic7 abuse'
Save the Children has documented numerous cases of abuse against children during Syria's 18 month conflict, which was sparked by unrest over the arrest and torture of children in the town of Deraa.
The children had written a well-known slogan of the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt on a wall.
One 15-year-old told the charity he had cigarettes put out on him when he was imprisoned8 in what used to be his school.
Another described being given electric shocks and sharing a cell with decomposing9 bodies, while a third teenager, Wael, said he had seen a six-year-old die after being tortured and starved.
The 16 year-old told the report's authors: "I watched him die. He only survived for three days and then he simply died."
"He was terrified all the time. They treated his body as though he was a dog."
Cat Carter, a spokeswoman for the charity, said: "The stuff I've heard from children is absolutely appalling. I've heard of children as young as 10 being tortured. I've heard of children, as young as eight, helping11 to remove dead bodies from rubble12, with their own hands."
The UK-based charity called on the UN to increase its presence on the ground to document violations13 so that perpetrators can be brought to account.
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