GENEVA: The UN’s top human rights official has denounced attacks on activists and journalists and backs the idea of a special session of the UN’s Human Rights Council to address the violence in Egypt.
Navi Pillay told reporters Friday the UN’s council based in Geneva has to address emergency situations like that in Cairo. Other human rights advocates have called for a special session.
Pillay condemns what she calls outrageous assaults and detentions of advocates and journalists that are "clearly a blatant attempt to stifle news" about demands for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in power.
She says "one of the prime drivers of this chaos seems to have been the actions of Egypt’s security and intelligence services."
