UN rights chief urges UK to curb tabloid hate speech, end ‘decades of abuse’ targeting migrants

After decades of “sustained and unrestrained anti-foreigner abuse,” and in the wake of a recent article in the Sun newspaper calling migrants ‘cockroaches,’ the United Nations human rights chief today urged British authorities and media to take steps to curb incitement to hatred by tabloid newspapers, in line with the country’s obligations under national and international law.

© Nations Unies - vendredi 24 avril 2015