Trump’s ‘racist hate speech’ fuelling rights violations in US, UN panel says

2026-03-12 - 06:16

A UN-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by US President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United States, have led to “grave human rights violations”. The Geneva-based Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its decision Wednesday and urged the US to suspend immigration enforcement operations at, and near, schools, hospitals, and faith-based...