Thailand: UN Rights Chief Calls on Government, Protestors to ‘Step Back From Brink’

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 May 2010 – Voicing extreme concern at the escalation of deadly violence in Thailand, the top United Nations human rights official today called on anti-Government protestors and the security forces to pull back from the brink and search for a peaceful resolution to the current stand-off.

“I urge leaders to set aside pride and politics for the sake of the people of Thailand,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said of…