UN rights chief hits Russia on murders of activists

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations' human rights chief criticised some of the world body's most powerful states on Monday, rapping Russia for failing to bring to justice the killers of journalists and rights campaigners, and China for cracking down on rights activists.

Addressing the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, Navi Pillay also hit at several Muslim countries for harrassing civil rights activists and at France for its expulsion of Roma from the Balkans.