{"id":87240,"date":"2017-01-30T18:54:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87240"},"modified":"2017-01-30T18:54:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:54:43","slug":"un-rights-chief-condemns-trumps-entry-ban-on-seven-muslim-majority-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/30\/un-rights-chief-condemns-trumps-entry-ban-on-seven-muslim-majority-states\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rights chief condemns Trump&#8217;s entry ban on seven Muslim-majority states"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_87241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87241\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16403086_1648515215165279_3428134732680211539_o.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87241\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16403086_1648515215165279_3428134732680211539_o.png\" alt=\"&quot;The US ban is also mean-spirited and wastes resources needed for proper counter-terrorism,&quot; his office quoted Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein as stating via twitter. (Pictured) (Photo: United Nations Human Rights\/ Facebook)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16403086_1648515215165279_3428134732680211539_o.png 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16403086_1648515215165279_3428134732680211539_o-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16403086_1648515215165279_3428134732680211539_o-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The US ban is also mean-spirited and wastes resources needed for proper counter-terrorism,&#8221; his office quoted Zeid Ra&#8217;ad Al Hussein as stating via twitter. (Pictured) (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unitednationshumanrights\">United Nations Human Rights\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GENEVA \u2013Referring to the executive order by US President Donald Trump banning entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned Monday that &#8220;discrimination on nationality alone is forbidden under human rights law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The US ban is also mean-spirited and wastes resources needed for proper counter-terrorism,&#8221; his office quoted Zeid Ra&#8217;ad Al Hussein as stating via twitter.<\/p>\n<p>With regards to international organizations, United Nations agencies jointly appealed to Washington to withdraw Trump&#8217;s anti-refugee decision, reminding that &#8220;the needs of refugees and migrants worldwide have never been greater, and the US resettlement program is one of the most important in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA \u2013Referring to the executive order by US President Donald Trump banning entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":87241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[14087,13457,1746,12977],"class_list":["post-87240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-travel-ban","tag-united-nations","tag-zeid-raad-al-hussein","mauthors-xinhua-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}