Urgent Urgent UN meeting called to discuss Assault on Democracy Seekers Human Rights

Urgent UN rights meeting on Mideast unrest planned
The Associated Press Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | 5:25 a.m.

Western diplomats say several nations are negotiating for an emergency session of the U.N.’s top human rights body to examine the government crackdowns on popular unrest that have swept the Middle East and North Africa.

Diplomats told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a special session of the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council could take place in Geneva as soon as next week. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

The meeting on protecting human rights amid peaceful protests avoids publicly singling out any countries. But diplomats confirmed that Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria would be among the nations whose violent suppression of protests would be on the agenda.