UN rights chief warns of rise of populist politics

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad al Hussein warned of a rise of populist politics that could turn violent.

The BBC quoted Zeid as saying that Donald Trump and Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders are among the "populists and demagogues" - which also included Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, leader of France's National Front (FN) Marine Le Pen - who have mastered propaganda like Daesh group, saying that they "benefit from each other."

"All seek in varying degrees to recover a past," Zeid said. 

"We must pull back from this trajectory," Zeid warned, adding that there was a risk "the atmosphere will become thick with hate" which could "descend rapidly into colossal violence."

Source: MENA