India's Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri
India's Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri says the UN Security Council (UNSC) has not yet examined the United Kingdom's violent crackdown on protests in Britain.
Commenting on the silence of the UN over the large-scale violence recently employed by the UK government against protesters, the Indian UN envoy said the permanent members of the Security Council have not yet attended to the issue, IRNA reported Tuesday.
Singh Puri, who holds the rotating presidency of the UNSC this month, declined to comment on when the international body would investigate the issue.
The remarks by the Indian envoy come as many UN diplomats prepare to go on holiday during the summer recess, and as some UN sessions will not convene in August.
The UN has so far refused to show any reaction to the brutal crackdown of British Prime Minister David Cameron's government on protests that have hit the UK.
The unrest in Britain began on August 6 in the north London suburb of Tottenham, after a few hundred people gathered outside a police station to protest against the fatal shooting and killing of a black man, Mark Duggan, by the police.
Thereafter, violent protests erupted in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol, contributing to Britain's worst unrest since the 1980s.
Reports say that more than 3,000 people have been arrested in the brutal crackdown of the UK police on protesters across the United Kingdom.
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