Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council chief Volker Türk issued a warning about the bloodshed, rape and torture in El Fasher, a city in the southwest of Sudan.

The U.N.'s top human rights body held a one-day special session Friday to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region and other atrocities blamed on paramilitary forces fighting the army in the northeast African country. The Human Rights Council also passed an unopposed resolution calling on…

UN human rights body convenes to address mass killings and atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region, demanding urgent investigation into violations.

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding a one-day special session to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month by paramilitary forces fighting the army.