Syria on Saturday condemned a UN vote on rights violations by the country's security forces as "unjust," and said it was based on false information from the regime's foes.

The UN Human Rights Council resolution passed in a vote on Friday was "unjust and "prepared in advance by parties hostile to Syria," the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SANA.

The vote followed a report by a commission of inquiry that was "politically motivated and based on false information circulated by parties outside Syria and dishonest press organs," the ministry said.