{"id":34572,"date":"2020-10-08T10:44:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=34572"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:44:42","slug":"guinea-un-worried-dangerous-hate-speech-may-lead-to-violence-ahead-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=34572","title":{"rendered":"GUINEA: UN worried \u2018dangerous\u2019 hate speech may lead to violence ahead of election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Michelle-Bachelet.jpg\" alt=\"U.N. Human Rights Chief appalled by migrant conditions in the U.S\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations has warned politicians in Guinea to curb hate speech rising in the lead-up to general elections, warning the situation iwas \u201cextremely dangerous\u201d and may lead to violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN officials warn of \u2018extremely dangerous\u2019 situation, decry \u2018increasingly pervasive and divisive appeals to ethnic affiliations\u2019 before October 18&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ahead-of-guber-polls-dep-gov-alleges-of-plot-to-arrest-him\/\">polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a joint statement on Wednesday, the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet and Pramila Patten, the world body\u2019s acting special adviser on the prevention of genocide, decried the \u201cincreasingly pervasive and divisive appeals to ethnic affiliations\u201d before the October 18 vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/10\/7\/curb-dangerous-hate-speech-guinea-candidates-told-before-vote\">urged<\/a>&nbsp;the candidates to \u201crefrain from using provocative language that may lead to violence, discrimination and other human rights violations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s 82-year-old President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term, is largely backed by Malinke people, while his main opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) party, is largely backed by Fulani people \u2013 although both insist that they are pluralist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGiven the history of intercommunal violence in Guinea, I am deeply worried about such dangerous rhetoric by political leaders, which in some cases may amount to incitement to hostility, discrimination or violence,\u201d Bachelet said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has warned politicians in Guinea to curb hate speech rising in the lead-up to general elections, warning the situation iwas \u201cextremely dangerous\u201d and may lead to violence. UN officials warn of \u2018extremely dangerous\u2019 situation, decry \u2018increasingly pervasive and divisive appeals to ethnic affiliations\u2019 before October 18&nbsp;polls. 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UN officials warn of \u2018extremely dangerous\u2019 situation, decry \u2018increasingly pervasive and divisive appeals to ethnic affiliations\u2019 before October 18&nbsp;polls. 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