U.N. human rights chief: Dutch rightist leader Wilders' election platform 'grotesque'

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday criticized Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, calling his election pledge to a ban Muslim immigrants and the Koran "grotesque".

 

Speaking at a security and justice conference in The Hague, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein compared the "fear" tactics used by Wilders to those of Islamic State.