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UN human rights chief: Trump would be ‘dangerous’ if elected

/ 04:59 PM October 12, 2016

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In this Oct. 6 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall in Sandown, N.H. Russia’s government lodged a formal complaint last month with the United Nations over a top UN official’s condemnations of Trump and some European politicians, diplomats told The Associated Press, an intervention that underscores the unusual links between the Republican presidential nominee and the Kremlin. There is no evidence Trump sought Russia’s assistance, or was even aware of the criticism by Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights. AP

GENEVA—The UN human rights chief says that if elected, US presidential candidate Donald Trump would be “dangerous from an international point of view.”

Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says some comments by the Republican nominee are “deeply unsettling and disturbing,” particularly on torture and about “vulnerable people.”

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Zeid, a Jordanian prince, also told reporters Wednesday he doesn’t plan to tone down his recent remarks decrying dangers posed by “populists and demagogues.”

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Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that Zeid shouldn’t criticize foreign heads of state and government.

On the US election, Zeid said: “If Donald Trump is elected, on the basis of what he has said already and unless that changes, I think it’s without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view.”

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