By Adam Withnall, Independent:
Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the US from some Muslim-majority countries has been denounced by the UN’s rights chief as “mean-spirited” and illegal under international human rights law.
Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein said: “Discrimination on nationality alone is forbidden under human rights law.
“The US ban is also mean-spirited, and wastes resources needed for proper counter-terrorism.”
Mr Trump’s executive order, which also suspended all US refugee programmes for 120 days, would “endanger lives”, the medical aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières said.
The Paris-based advocacy group said Mr Trump’s order “will effectively keep people trapped in war zones, directly endangering their lives”.
MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, called the refugee ban “an inhumane act against people fleeing war zones.” …
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