WHAT ABOUT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS????
Posted on 08/12/2018 10:30:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump’s anti-press rhetoric is “very close to incitement to violence” that would lead to journalists censoring themselves or being attacked, the outgoing UN human rights commissioner has said.
Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, is stepping down this month as UN high commissioner for human rights after deciding not to stand for a second four-year term, in the face of a waning commitment among world powers to fighting abuses.
Zeid said the Trump administration’s lack of concern about human rights marked a distinct break with previous administrations, and that Trump’s own rhetoric aimed at minorities and at the press was redolent of two of the worst eras of the 20th century, the run-up to the two world wars.
In an interview with the Guardian, he singled out the US president’s repeated designation of the press as “the enemy of the people”.
“We began to see a campaign against the media … that could have potentially, and still can, set in motion a chain of events which could quite easily lead to harm being inflicted on journalists just going about their work and potentially some self-censorship,” Zeid said. “And in that context, it’s getting very close to incitement to violence.”
He said it would be up to a court but determine whether Trump was actually guilty of incitement depending on the circumstances, if say, a journalist was stabbed while covering a rally. He said Trump’s example was already being followed elsewhere, giving license to authoritarian leaders to crack down on the media in ways they had not previously dared to. Zeid pointed to the Cambodian leader, Hun Sen, who he said had used similar language when he closed down independent media organisations....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
FU UN
U N OUT OF U S
Ah, the chief asshat of the world club of asshats speaks.
As if we give a slimy Obama.
Shove it, dolt.
WHAT ABOUT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS????
The UN have an ax to grind with Trump after he withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. It is good that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein is stepping down.
“Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat”
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Lol. Arab royal.
Nothing new from that a-hole.
He should be shot through both his stupid eyes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/zeidraadalhussein/index
Oxymoron anyone?
I’d be quite happy to kick the teeth out of Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein’s lying face...
I’ll bet Zeid took it up the bung from Zerobama...
Hmm...poke the press and the UN squeaks. It does reveal who is allied with whom, doesn’t it?
No....no they aren’t
If they were Acosta would already be in hospital
UN/Borger -
President Trump is NOT ALONE:
reminder:
18 Apr 2016: NBC: Bad News: Just 6 Percent of People Say They Trust the Media
by Associated Press
Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and well below the public’s view of other institutions. In this presidential campaign year, Democrats were more likely to trust the news media than Republicans or independents…
Faced with ever-increasing sources of information, Americans also are more likely to rely on news that is up-to-date, concise and cites expert sources or documents, according to a study by the Media Insight Project, a partnership of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute…
The poll shows that accuracy clearly is the most important component of trust…
The news media have been hit by a series of blunders on high-profile stories…
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/bad-news-just-6-percent-people-say-they-trust-media-n557591
FakeNewsMSM is the enemy of the people.
I have a proposal
Let’s release our jailed journalists on a one:one basis with every other cluntry in the world
Ooops we dont have any
ANTIFA is attacking the press
UN Idiot....and......the libtard progressive left media attacks are NOT ‘close to incitement of violence,’ as well? Earth calling all idiots, hello!?
Cut more funding to UN
UN human rights group. Hmm. Are they still promoting abortion world-wide? They don’t know why they are irrelevant. But they are.
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