UN Officials Urge Egyptian Authorities to Heed Call for Democracy, Human Right

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2011 – United Nations officials, including its human rights chief, today voiced alarm at the high number of casualties amid the protests in Egypt, while calling on the country’s authorities to heed the demands of the people for democratic reform and respect for human rights.

“The popular movement in Egypt, unprecedented in recent decades, has for the most part been carried out in a courageous and peaceful manner,” saidNavi Pillay, the…