<p class="bodytext">The UN rights chief decried Monday hundreds of allegations of torture in the crackdown on protests in Belarus, calling for investigations into all reports of ill-treatment, and for perpetrators to be tried.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Given their scale and number, all allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment by the security forces should be documented and investigated, with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice," Michelle Bachelet told the opening of the UN Human Rights Council's 45th session in Geneva.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The UN rights chief decried Monday hundreds of allegations of torture in the crackdown on protests in Belarus, calling for investigations into all reports of ill-treatment, and for perpetrators to be tried.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Given their scale and number, all allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment by the security forces should be documented and investigated, with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice," Michelle Bachelet told the opening of the UN Human Rights Council's 45th session in Geneva.</p>