 Syria protested on Thursday over comments by Brammertz's predecessor, German magistrate Detlev Mehlis, who was replaced last week at the end of his mandate. Mehlis said in an interview in December that the Syrian authorities were responsible for the killing. Damascus has sent an official letter of protest to the United Nations calling for Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, to take action. "It is unacceptable that Mr Mehlis used the media during his last days in office as a means of pressure and to express a deep hatred against Syria," it said in the letter. |