Navi Pillay News
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More than 1,000 wounded civilians are stranded in Al-Qusair, as Syrian rebel groups and troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad continue to wrestle for control of the strategic city.
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Syrian rebel groups based inside the country accused the exiled opposition of failing to represent the movement fighting Bashar al-Assad, complicating Russian and U.S. efforts to convene peace talks between the warring sides.
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Syria’s opposition fighters must do more to respect the laws of war after an Internet video appeared to show a rebel leader mutilating and biting into the heart and liver of a dead enemy soldier, Human Rights Watch said.
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The Central African Republic boosted patrols in the capital, Bangui, to halt looting that erupted after a coup last month, as the United Nations urged action to halt human-rights violations.
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Violence used by Syrian, Yemeni and Libyan leaders to curb pro-democracy protests is “shocking” and has led to widespread human-rights violations, said Navi Pillay , the United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
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The U.S. government hopes that a new United Nations commission created to investigate reports of widespread human rights abuses in North Korea will intensify the international pressure on the repressive regime.
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Syria’s army fired artillery at the city of Homs as the United Nations’ top human-rights official, Navi Pillay, urged international action to protect civilians.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his future should be decided by voters and denied that his nation is embroiled in a civil war.
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The U.S. put a price on the head of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony as it expanded a program that pays as much as $5 million for information on fugitives who’ve committed crimes against humanity.
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Egyptian protesters calling for an end to army rule clashed with security forces in central Cairo for a fifth night as military pledges for a quicker power transfer to a civilian authority failed to end demonstrations.
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