{"id":6342,"date":"2021-01-08T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=147872"},"modified":"2021-01-08T17:56:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:56:01","slug":"un-rights-chief-says-us-coup-effort-result-of-deliberate-distortion-of-facts-and-incitement-to-violence-by-trump-and-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/08\/un-rights-chief-says-us-coup-effort-result-of-deliberate-distortion-of-facts-and-incitement-to-violence-by-trump-and-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Rights Chief Says US Coup Effort Result of ‘Deliberate Distortion of Facts, and Incitement to Violence’ by Trump and GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United Nations human rights office has suggested that Wednesday’s violence<\/a> at the U.S. Capitol stemmed at least in part from President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ fomenting of violence and continued “deliberate distortion of facts” regarding the outcome of November’s presidential election.<\/p>\n Thursday’s statement<\/a> from U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet came amid growing calls<\/a> for Trump’s impeachment or removal from office under the 25th Amendment, broader calls that the president\u2014who’s repeated<\/a> baseless accusations of a “stolen” election\u2014face full accountability<\/a> for his role in the coup attempt, and accusations that scores of Republicans who voted<\/a> Thursday to object to President-elect Joe Biden’s clear election win are “co-conspirators in sedition.”<\/p>\n Bachelet said that the failed coup attempt “demonstrated clearly the destructive impact of sustained, deliberate distortion of facts, and incitement to violence and hatred by political leaders. Allegations of electoral fraud have been invoked to try to undermine the right to political participation.”<\/p>\n She further called on all lawmakers and Trump “to disavow false and dangerous narratives” and tell their supporters to do so as well.<\/p>\n Drawing attention to the pro-Trump mob’s targeting<\/a> of journalists covering the Capitol assault, Bachelet said, “We note with dismay the serious threats and destruction of property faced by media professionals yesterday.”<\/p>\n