UN human rights chief: Trump would be 'dangerous' if elected
‘I think it's without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view.’
Geneva
: US presidential candidate Donald Trump would be -"dangerous from an international point of view-" if he is elected, the UN human rights chief said Wednesday.
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says some comments by the Republican nominee are -"deeply unsettling and disturbing,-" particularly on torture and about -"vulnerable people.-"
Zeid, a Jordanian prince, also told reporters he doesn't plan to tone down his recent remarks decrying dangers posed by -"populists and demagogues.-"
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has said 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.-"
-"Clearly I am not keen or intent on interfering in any political campaign within any particular country, but where the comments point to a potential - depending on the results of the election - for an increase in, for instance, the use of torture, which is prohibited under the Convention against Torture, or the focus on vulnerable people in a way that suggests that they may well be deprived of their rights, their human rights, then I think it is incumbent to say so,-" Zeid said.
-"Many of Mr. Trump's comments are in that direction are deeply unsettling and disturbing to me-" and in the human rights office, Zeid said.