"I
condemn monstrous, cold-blooded murder of students, singling out of
victims on basis of religion," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in the wake of the attack on Garissa
University in Kenya that took the lives of 148 people.Zeid urges Kenyan Government to issue a response rooted in human rights and rule of law to avoid playing into hands of extremists.
The UN Human Rights Office in February issued a paper documenting attacks on schools in nearly 70 different countries over a five-year period. To read the full report, please visit:
http://sm.ohchr.org/1Io51Kl