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UN human rights boss says Trump would be a global danger as president
Source: Reuters
UN human rights boss says Trump would be a global danger as president
Reuters
Wednesday 12 October 2016 20.14 BST
Republican nominee Donald Trump becoming president of the United States would present a global danger, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.
UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein cited Trump’s views on vulnerable communities including minorities and his talk of using torture, banned under international law, as “deeply unsettling and disturbing”.
“If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already – and unless that changes – I think it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view,” Zeid told a news briefing in Geneva.
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“I always believe that it’s incumbent on leaders to lead and to lead in a way that is ethical and moral,” Zeid said on Wednesday, when asked about Trump.
“The use of half-truths is a very clever political device. Because as every propagandist knows, you allow the listener to fill in the rest.“
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Reuters
Wednesday 12 October 2016 20.14 BST
Republican nominee Donald Trump becoming president of the United States would present a global danger, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.
UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein cited Trump’s views on vulnerable communities including minorities and his talk of using torture, banned under international law, as “deeply unsettling and disturbing”.
“If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already – and unless that changes – I think it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view,” Zeid told a news briefing in Geneva.
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“I always believe that it’s incumbent on leaders to lead and to lead in a way that is ethical and moral,” Zeid said on Wednesday, when asked about Trump.
“The use of half-truths is a very clever political device. Because as every propagandist knows, you allow the listener to fill in the rest.“
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/12/united-nations-human-rights-president-trump-global-danger
