Brussels, 13/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on Monday 12 September, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, strongly condemned the assassination of the human rights activist, Ghiath Matar, during his detention by Syrian security forces. “He was killed for his resolve to stand up peacefully to the brutal repression perpetrated by the Syrian regime”, Ashton said, underlining that his death “adds to the great number of...