GENEVA (AP) — The U. N…
GENEVA (AP) — The U. N. human rights chief has denounced U. S. President Donald Trump’s « repeated attacks » on three major American news organizations, saying « demonization » of the press can endanger journalists.
Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein also made his first public comments decrying racist and anti-Semitic cries by far-right groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, calling the events on its streets « an abomination » and « a nightmare. »
He said he didn’t initially respond because there was already a « cacophony of noise » in the United States.
Zeid, who is a Jordanian prince, said Trump’s repeated criticism of U. S. news outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN was « an incitement for others to attack journalists. »
« You don’t have to stretch the imagination to see then what could happen to journalists, » he said.
