http://www.mail.com/people/50030-navi-pillay.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/50030-navi-pillay.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158820-turkeys-defiant-pm-police-to-power.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday brushed aside international criticism over his government's crackdown on widespread demonstrations and vowed to increase the police's powers to deal with the unrest. Meanwhile, more than 90 people were detained in police raids linked to the protests. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's defiant stance appeared ai... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:46:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158820-turkeys-defiant-pm-police-to-power.html 2013-06-18T19:46:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2148682-un-93000-killed-syrian-civil-war.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks. The grim estimate reflects the growing sectarian nature of the bloodshed as the regime of President Bashar Assad scores a series of batt... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:51:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2148682-un-93000-killed-syrian-civil-war.html 2013-06-13T23:51:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2149238-ap-photos-un-93000-killed-syrian-war.html As the civil war in Syria rages on, the United Nations' human rights office now says almost 93,000 people have died in the conflict. A new analysis of the Syrian death toll documented 92,901 killings between March 2011 and the end of April 2013. But the U.N.'s top human rights official, Navi Pillay, says it is impossible to provide an exact current figure, which may be far h... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:57:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2149238-ap-photos-un-93000-killed-syrian-war.html 2013-06-13T13:57:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2148750-un-93000-killed-syrian-conflict.html GENEVA (AP) — Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said Thursday but acknowledged the real number is likely to be far higher. A new analysis of the Syrian death toll documented 92,901 killings between March 2011 and the end of April 2013. But the U.N.'s ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:45:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2148750-un-93000-killed-syrian-conflict.html 2013-06-13T10:45:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115626-syria-assad-will-remain-president-until-2014.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek another term, conditions that will make it difficult for the opposition to agree to U.N.-sponsored talks on ending the civil war. Any deal reached in such talks would have to be put to a referendu... Wed, 29 May 2013 22:25:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115626-syria-assad-will-remain-president-until-2014.html 2013-05-29T22:25:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2117088-latest-syria-developments.html BEIRUT (AP) — Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis: — Syria's foreign minister and the main Western-backed opposition group issue terms that would make it difficult for U.S.-Russian sponsored peace talks on ending Syria's civil war to succeed. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem insists Bashar Assad will remain Syria's president at le... Wed, 29 May 2013 20:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2117088-latest-syria-developments.html 2013-05-29T20:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115930-un-rights-council-demands-syria-protect-civilians.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.S., Turkey and Qatar pushed through a U.N. resolution Wednesday demanding a probe into the fighting around the Syrian town of Qusair, near Lebanon, and condemnation of foreign fighters supporting President Bashar Assad. The resolution approved by a vote of 36-1 in the U.N. Human Rights Council calls for urgent investigation into allege... Wed, 29 May 2013 16:34:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115930-un-rights-council-demands-syria-protect-civilians.html 2013-05-29T16:34:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112194-un-rights-body-agrees-to-urgent-debate-syria.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to hold another urgent session on the civil war in Syria, hoping to prod accountability for the killing of thousands of civilians. The U.S., Turkey and Qatar persuaded the 47-member Human Rights Council to hold a debate Wednesday looking into the violence in the Syrian town of Qusair, near Leban... Mon, 27 May 2013 20:08:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112194-un-rights-body-agrees-to-urgent-debate-syria.html 2013-05-27T20:08:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while state media reported that government troops have secured a strategic highway between the capital and the southern city of Daraa. The reported fighting came as an activist group said U.S. ambassa... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:32:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html 2013-05-11T19:32:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of 24 loyalists of Hosni Mubarak who were tried for having organized a medieval-style attack in which the ex-president's supporters riding camels and horses attacked anti-government demonstrators, a pivotal moment in the country's 2011 uprising. The decision by Judge Hamed Abdul... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:38:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071068-egypt-court-upholds-acquittals-2011-battle.html 2013-05-08T18:38:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071052-un-girls-young-6-raped-congo-troops.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, a U.N. report released Wednesday said. The U.S. Africa Command trained one of the units involved, Commando Battalion 391, in 2010 to be "a model for future reforms within the Congolese armed forces," according to the AFRICO... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:28:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071052-un-girls-young-6-raped-congo-troops.html 2013-05-08T17:28:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030654-un-compares-iraq-death-penalty-use-to-slaughter.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights officials is condemning Iraq's widespread use of the death penalty, comparing it to a slaughterhouse. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says Iraq's justice system is "too seriously flawed to warrant even a limited application of the death penalty," let alone its execution of 33 people in the past... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:52:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030654-un-compares-iraq-death-penalty-use-to-slaughter.html 2013-04-19T09:52:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023604-boston-attacks-reminder-violence.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The blasts that struck the Boston Marathon on Monday were shocking not only for their brazenness and the lives they shattered, but also because attacks like this usually happen in far-off, troubled places — not in the middle of a major American city. As the chief of emergency services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Alasdair Conn, put it... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:22:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023604-boston-attacks-reminder-violence.html 2013-04-16T18:22:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022904-un-rape-violence-raging-c-african-republic.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says the security situation in Central African Republic is deteriorating three weeks after the government was overthrown. Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed concern about "a wide range of alleged grave violations" including rape, torture, kidnappings and targeted k... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:44:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022904-un-rape-violence-raging-c-african-republic.html 2013-04-16T13:44:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000614-un-rights-chief-presses-us-to-shut-guantanamo.html GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights official pressed the U.S. on Friday to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, strongly criticizing the indefinite detention of inmates at the facility. President Barack Obama pledged to shutter the prison soon after taking office, but Congress opposed it, passing a law that prohibits the government from transfe... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:56:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000614-un-rights-chief-presses-us-to-shut-guantanamo.html 2013-04-05T18:56:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern about the escalating violence — and their intent to prosecute abuses. By a vote of 41-1, the U.N.'s top human rights body, based in Geneva, reauthorized its panel of four independent experts to co... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html 2013-03-22T17:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970440-un-votes-to-probe-nkorea-suspected-rights-abuses.html GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights body unanimously approved Thursday a formal probe into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity. The 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council signed off on the resolution backed by the U.S., Japan and the European Union that authorizes an investigation into what U.N. officials describe as suspected wid... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:55:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970440-un-votes-to-probe-nkorea-suspected-rights-abuses.html 2013-03-22T01:55:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1970312-un-joins-soccer-leaders-to-rid-sport-racism.html GENEVA (AP) — The ugly side of the beautiful game emerged Thursday as the U.N.'s top human rights official joined soccer officials and players in calling for an end to the "crime" of racism in sport. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said racist insults and chants, Nazi salutes, petitions against players and denial of hiring based on col... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:00:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1970312-un-joins-soccer-leaders-to-rid-sport-racism.html 2013-03-21T18:00:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1918526-hessel-frances-surprise-elder-icon-dies-95.html PARIS (AP) — Stephane Hessel of France was a man of many talents. As a spy for the French Resistance, he survived the Nazi death camp at Buchenwald by assuming the identity of a French prisoner who was already dead. As a diplomat, he helped write the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And at age 93, after a distinguished but relatively anonymou... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:30:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1918526-hessel-frances-surprise-elder-icon-dies-95.html 2013-02-27T20:30:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1915930-rights-group-tamil-suspects-raped-government.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group alleges Sri Lankan security forces continue to use torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence against suspected members of the Tamil Tiger rebels and their supporters, nearly four years after the end of the country's civil war. The military denied the allegations. In a report released Tue... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1915930-rights-group-tamil-suspects-raped-government.html 2013-02-26T10:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898820-eu-ministers-reject-arming-syrian-rebels.html BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers announced Monday that they were keeping current sanctions against Syria in place for three months, rejecting attempts to alter an embargo on the country so that arms could be funneled to rebels fighting President Bashar Assad. However, in an apparent nod to the U.K, which had argued that the rebels should b... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:12:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898820-eu-ministers-reject-arming-syrian-rebels.html 2013-02-18T21:12:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898952-un-panel-syria-war-crimes-to-trial.html BEIRUT (AP) — A United Nations commission on Monday said fighters on both sides in Syria's civil war have committed atrocities and should be brought to justice, while European Foreign Ministers extended an arms embargo on the country in hopes it would limit the ability of both sides to wage war. The announcements had little resonance inside Syria, however... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:07:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898952-un-panel-syria-war-crimes-to-trial.html 2013-02-18T21:07:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897536-un-envoy-backs-syrian-oppositions-call-talks.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Syrian opposition leader's call for dialogue is a test for the intentions of President Bashar Assad, the international envoy to Syria said Sunday, as fighting raged between rebels and government forces in at least three Syrian provinces. Lakhdar Brahimi, the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said the proposal by Mouaz al-Khatib... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:50:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897536-un-envoy-backs-syrian-oppositions-call-talks.html 2013-02-17T19:50:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1890056-ap-sources-us-to-nkorea-human-rights-probe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will support an international push at next month's U.N. Human Rights Council to initiate an inquiry into conditions in North Korea, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The world body's top human rights official, Navi Pillay, called last month for the creation of an international inquiry into "serious crimes" in North Korea that would... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:18:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1890056-ap-sources-us-to-nkorea-human-rights-probe.html 2013-02-13T21:18:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889164-un-faults-sri-lanka-probe-alleged-war-abuses.html GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights official on Wednesday faulted Sri Lanka for failing to investigate reports of widespread killings and other atrocities toward the end of its bloody quarter-century civil war. In her report to the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay also said opposition leade... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:07:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889164-un-faults-sri-lanka-probe-alleged-war-abuses.html 2013-02-13T16:07:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1885592-syrian-rebels-advance-toward-aleppo-airport.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing Syria's largest dam. With the back-to-back blows to President Bashar Assad's regime, opposition fighters appear to be regaining some momentum, expanding their northern zone of control while at t... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1885592-syrian-rebels-advance-toward-aleppo-airport.html 2013-02-12T19:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1886738-un-syria-death-toll-approaching-70000.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's intensifying civil war has probably killed over 9,000 people since the beginning of the year, bringing the likely death toll of the two-year-old conflict near 70,000, the U.N. human rights chief said Tuesday. At the beginning of January, less than six weeks ago, Navi Pillay said the death toll in Syria had exceeded 60,000, a ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1886738-un-syria-death-toll-approaching-70000.html 2013-02-12T17:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869546-un-report-urges-human-rights-probe-north-korea.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. investigator for human rights in North Korea urged the world body Tuesday to open an inquiry into the secretive Asian nation for possible crimes against humanity. In a report to the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, Marzuki Darusman recommended that it authorize an investigation of North Korea's "grave, widespread and systematic ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869546-un-report-urges-human-rights-probe-north-korea.html 2013-02-05T15:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839608-editor-10-years-jail-thai-royal-insult.html BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Thai activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Wednesday for defaming Thailand's monarchy, a verdict rights groups condemned as the latest affront to freedom of expression in the Southeast Asian country. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk was convicted of publishing two articles in an anti-establishment magazine that m... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839608-editor-10-years-jail-thai-royal-insult.html 2013-01-23T15:29:00Z