{"id":9530,"date":"2024-07-10T15:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=9530"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:12:20","slug":"un-rights-chief-appeals-to-voters-not-to-scapegoat-migrants-and-refugees-as-elections-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/un-rights-chief-appeals-to-voters-not-to-scapegoat-migrants-and-refugees-as-elections-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rights chief appeals to voters not to scapegoat migrants and refugees as elections loom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk\u00a0 (Martial Trezzini\/Keystone via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GENEVA, Jul 3, 2024 (AP): \u00a0The U.N. human rights chief warned Wednesday about rising hatred and discrimination around the world in a \u201cmega-year for elections,\u201d calling on voters to put rights of others in mind when they cast their ballots.<\/p>\n

Volker T\u00fcrk made the call with major elections looming in places like\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Britain<\/a>\u00a0this week, and in the\u00a0United States<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Germany<\/a>\u00a0later this year. Immigrants, refugees and other foreigners have been \u201cscapegoats\u201d for some political parties, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always worried when I hear narratives that denigrate the other, that dehumanize the other, that makes scapegoats of migrants, of refugees, of asylum seekers, of minority groups,\u201d T\u00fcrk said.<\/p>\n

He blasted the \u201cpolitics of distraction\u201d and said political leaders needed to stand up against the discourse of hate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory tells us, in particular in Europe, that the vilification of the other, that the denigration of the other is a harbinger for worse to come,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s an alarm bell that we need to ring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially in this year, which is the mega-year for elections,\u201d he noted the United States, India, Europe and beyond have experienced electoral seasons \u201cthat often lead to a speech of hatred and dehumanization of the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

He insisted in general that there must be \u201czero tolerance\u201d for hate speech and rejected any attempts to denigrate \u201cthe other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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