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.''