A Syrian human rights activist awarded for her courageous journalism has urged the international community to place real pressure on the regime to stop its brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters.
Razan Zaitouneh, who was awarded the fifth annual Anna Politkovskaya Award for "courage and truth-telling in the face of grave danger" on Friday, said interest from the global community about the Syrian uprising was not enough to make a difference in her country.
"It's been seven months now with more than 3,000 people killed," the 34-year-old, who is living in hiding, told the Huffington Post UK.
"It's daily violence, villages and cities invaded and raided, it's a crime against humanity, and all we get from the international society is that they condemn. But they couldn't even get a resolution from the Security Council."