2012-10-19 15:56:02

UN rights chief appeals for Syria kids, Pakistani girl


October 19, 2012 - The United Nations top human rights official is urging nations to save Syria's embattled and dying children and to rally behind a 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting female education. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says many Syrian children ``will be scarred for life'' at the hands of their government, army, or neighbours in a conflict activists say has killed more than 33,000 people since March 2011. At a news conference on Thursday in Geneva, Pillay condemned the Taliban's shooting of Malala Yousufzai in Pakistan last week because her voice was too powerful and singled out Libya as ``extremely fragile'' from decades of misrule. She said North Korea remains a top concern because of its ``political prison camps, frequent public executions and severe food shortages.''








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