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August 31, 2017

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Trump Inciting Violence
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A top United Nations official said Wednesday that Donald Trump is
inciting violence against journalists, warning that freedom of the press
is under attack from the president of the United States. U.N. High
Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein was speaking in
Geneva.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein: "And to call these news organizations 'fake' does
tremendous damage. And to refer to individual journalists in this way, I
have to ask the question: Is this not an incitement for others to attack
journalists? And let's assume a journalist is harmed from one of these
organizations. Does the president then not bear responsibility for this,
for having fanned this?"

U.N. High Commissioner Zeid also cited Trump's attacks on women,
Mexicans, Muslims and disabled and transgender people, warning Trump's
comments will embolden his supporters to sharpen their assaults on those
communities.


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