UNHCR boss says Republican Donald Trump would be dangerous if elected President

The world would be in “danger” if Republican nominee Donald Trump is elected President of the US in November 2016, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein. His remarks come as Trump comes under attack from across the political spectrum, and is mocked for telling supporters to vote for him on 28th November — polling day is on the 8th.

 

Zeid said he felt compelled to speak out because of what Trump said pertaining to the Convention against Torture, which was ratified by US President Barack Obama and which prohibits waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation” techniques. Trump has already said he would allow waterboarding, and worse, claims: “torture works.”

 

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