U.N. Human Rights Chief Condemns Trump’s Attacks on Media – The New York Times

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U.N. Human Rights Chief Condemns Trump’s Attacks on Media (Published 2017)

The rebuke by Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said the president’s words could incite violence and had potentially dangerous consequences outside the United States.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/world/europe/trump-press-united-nations.html

“It’s really quite amazing when you think that freedom of the press, not only a cornerstone of the Constitution but very much something the United States defended over the years, is now itself under attack from the president himself,” Mr. al-Hussein said. “It’s a stunning turnaround.”