UN human rights chief: 'Commitments to rights norms are being dismantled' #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

The UN's top human rights official tells FRANCE 24 he sees a global trend toward the suppression of dissent. "By using sweeping powers of arrest under states of emergency, you deepen the population's grievances and increase instability," said Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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