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STORY: OHCHR / NAVALNY POISONING
TRT: 2:10
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH //NATS
DATELINE: 8 SEPTEMBER 2020 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1.Exterior shot, flag alley, UN Geneva
2.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“In light of the assertion by German specialists said they have “unequivocal proof” that Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, the High Commissioner is also urging the Government of the Russian Federation to carry out -- or fully cooperate with -- a thorough, transparent, independent and impartial investigation”
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4.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The number of cases of poisoning, or other forms of targeted assassination, of current or former Russian citizens – either within Russia itself or on foreign soil – over the past two decades is profoundly disturbing. The High Commissioner also says that “the failure in many cases to hold perpetrators accountable and provide justice and the truth for the victims or their families, is deeply regrettable and hard to explain or justify”.
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6.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The High Commissioner notes that nerve agents and radioactive isotopes such as Novichok and Polonium-210 are sophisticated substances that are extremely hard to source. These are not materials you can buy in a pharmacy, farm shop or hardware store.”
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8.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“As the High Commissioner says, this raises numerous questions: Why use substances like these? Who is using them? How did they acquire them?
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10.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
‘Navalny is clearly someone who needed state protection, even if he was a political thorn in the side of the government. And as the High Commissioner says, ‘it is not good enough to simply deny he was poisoned, and deny the need for a thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into this assassination attempt.’
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12.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
‘It is incumbent on the Russian authorities to fully investigate who was responsible for this crime – a very serious crime that was committed on Russian soil – and to ensure the protection of the human rights of its citizens, including Mr. Navalny.’
13.Wide shot, press room
The UN High Commissioner Bachelet welcomed the news that Navalny has emerged from his coma in a Berlin hospital.
“In light of the assertion by German specialists said they have “unequivocal proof” that Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent,” the High Commissioner "is also urging the Government of the Russian Federation to carry out -- or fully cooperate with -- a thorough, transparent, independent and impartial investigation,” the spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday (8 Sep).
“The number of cases of poisoning, or other forms of targeted assassination, of current or former Russian citizens – either within Russia itself or on foreign soil – over the past two decades is profoundly disturbing,” Colville said. “The High Commissioner also says that “the failure in many cases to hold perpetrators accountable and provide justice and the truth for the victims or their families, is deeply regrettable and hard to explain or justify,”
He also said “the High Commissioner notes that nerve agents and radioactive isotopes such as Novichok and Polonium-210 are sophisticated substances that are extremely hard to source. These are not materials you can buy in a pharmacy, farm shop or hardware store.”
“As the High Commissioner says, this raises numerous questions: Why use substances like these? Who is using them? How did they acquire them?
The High Commissioner also pointed out that prior to his reported poisoning, Alexei Navalny had been repeatedly harassed, arrested and assaulted, either by the authorities or by unknown assailants.
Colville said ‘Navalny is clearly someone who needed state protection, even if he was a political thorn in the side of the government. And as the High Commissioner says, ‘it is not good enough to simply deny he was poisoned, and deny the need for a thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into this assassination attempt.’
‘It is incumbent on the Russian authorities to fully investigate who was responsible for this crime – a very serious crime that was committed on Russian soil – and to ensure the protection of the human rights of its citizens, including Mr. Navalny,’ urged Colville.
