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Turkey accuses UN human rights envoy of 'collaborating with terrorist organizations'

Turkey has issued a strongly worded response to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein after he penned a report calling on Ankara to immediately lift the state of emergency, accusing him of relegating "the U.N. body under his administration into a position of collaborating with terrorist organizations."

Hungary Wants the Resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who Called Victor Orban "Racist"

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó  urges UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, to resign, Focus reports. During his speech in Geneva, the commissioner publicly accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of xenophobia and racism, writes Magyar Hirlap.

EU Migrant Deal With Libya is 'Inhuman' - UN

The EU's policy of aiding Libyan authorities to intercept migrants and return them to detention is "inhuman", the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The UN's human rights chief accused European countries of ignoring warnings over the deal struck with Libya.

Authorities say it has caused detainees to rise sharply to almost 20,000.

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