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| Trump would be ‘dangerous’ if elected: UN rights chief |
| 2016-10-13 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The UN's rights chief warned Wednesday that Donald Trump's statements pointed to a "dangerous" figure emerging on the world stage if he won the US presidency. At a presser in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said he was "not keen or intent on interfering in any political campaign." But, he said, in light of the "unsettling" and "disturbing" comments from the US presidential candidate it was only right to sound the alarm. "If Donald Trump is elected, on the basis of what he has said already, and unless that changes, I think that it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view," Zeid said. He referred to Trump's call to bring back interrogation techniques that legal experts say amount to torture. And, he said, Trump's attacks on "vulnerable communities" such as Moslems, im ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... Last month, Zeid launched a scathing attack on populists such as Trump and Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, calling for action to halt "demagogues and political fantasists." He had also compared Trump to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, La Belle France's leader of the National Front Marine Le Pen, and leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 What was that about being measured by your enemies? A ringing endorsement, indeed. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-10-13 17:07 |
| #8 Besoeker is right, this will only help Trump. A PAC should cook up a commercial with this kind of stuff with a tag "With all the right enemies he must be doing something right." |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-13 14:52 |
| #7 Dangerous to the UN? Well, thats what most of us want! I think this guy may not realize that this kind of "criticism" will not stop trump, it actually gets him more votes! Ivory towers... |
| Posted by: Spusomble Black9520 2016-10-13 14:19 |
| #6 We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! - Governor William J. Le Petomane |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-13 13:14 |
| #5 Dangerous? You bet your sweet bippy! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-10-13 07:32 |
| #4 Trump could act on principle, as he is not bought and paid for. That makes him very dangerous to these types. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-10-13 05:28 |
| #3 A warning from the UN should be viewed as a Trump endorsement. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-13 01:37 |
| #2 Yea, we're hoping his election will start the elimination of your entire system of transnational elites. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-13 01:05 |
| #1 Doesn't this guy have some homosexuals to hang or women to stone? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-10-13 01:03 |