{"id":9922,"date":"2021-01-18T19:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=151465"},"modified":"2021-01-18T19:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:50:05","slug":"un-experts-urge-us-to-respond-to-capitol-attack-with-renewed-commitment-to-peaceful-pluralism-strengthened-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/18\/un-experts-urge-us-to-respond-to-capitol-attack-with-renewed-commitment-to-peaceful-pluralism-strengthened-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Experts Urge US to Respond to Capitol Attack With ‘Renewed Commitment to Peaceful Pluralism,’ Strengthened Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
United Nations human rights experts on Monday denounced the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, wherein a right-wing mob\u2014inspired by the lies about electoral fraud told by outgoing President Donald Trump and repeated by many Republican Party lawmakers\u2014stormed the halls of Congress during the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n
Characterizing the January 6 attack as a “violent attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election,” nearly two dozen U.N. experts described the day’s events as “shocking and incendiary.”<\/p>\n