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UN Rights Chief Warns Against Xenophobic Reaction to Charlie Hebdo Attack

Following Wednesday’s attack on Charlie Hebdo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned against reacting to the tragedy with "discrimination and prejudice" towards Muslims as a whole. The...

by LibertiesEU

Following Wednesday’s attack on Charlie Hebdo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned against reacting to the tragedy with "discrimination and prejudice" towards Muslims as a whole. The commissioner said that doing so would be playing right into the hands of the terrorists by creating even greater divides between religions and societies. "With xenophobia and anti-migrant sentiments already on the rise in Europe, I am very concerned that this awful, calculated act will be exploited by extremists of all sorts," he said.

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