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Images from the beginning of the special session of the Human Rights Council on Afghanistan. Bachelet said her office had received credible reports of serious violations in places that have been under Taliban control, including summary executions, restrictions of women's rights, blocking girls from attending school and recruitment of child soldiers. IMAGES
Bangkok, Oct 26 (EFE/EPA).- Pro-democracy protesters planned Monday to deliver a petition to the German Embassy in Bangkok to investigate whether Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn makes political decisions on German soil, which would violate his status in the European country.As student-led protesters prepare for the march to the German Embassy at about 5:00 pm local time (10:00 GMT), Thailand’s Parliament was convening a special two-day session to discuss protests that began in July calling for democratic reforms in the country. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI ROYALISTS AND PRO-GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE THE PARLIAMENT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND AS THAI GOVERNMENT HOLDS A SPECIAL SESSION IN THE PARLIAMENT TO FIND THE SOLUTION TO THE ONGOING PROTESTS.
Special Counsel Jack Smith announces that an indictment accusing former US president Donald Trump of illegally taking highly classified documents was unsealed. SOUNDBITE
In Geneva, a special session of the UN Human Rights Council opens to discuss the situation in Sudan. More than 750 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been displaced in the fighting that began on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk condemns "this wanton violence, in which both sides have trampled international humanitarian law, notably the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution". IMAGES
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's special envoy, Ambassador Dafaallah al-Haj, holds a press conference at the Sudan embassy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa."Definitely we are willing to stop the fighting," he says. SOUNDBITE
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