UN criticises Yemen's expulsion of rights official

The UN chief has deplored Yemen's decision to expel the organisation's human rights representative in the country and called the government to reconsider its move.


Media reports in Yemen said on Thursday the country's foreign ministry had declared the head of the country office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) persona non grata.

An AFP report identified the UN official as George Abu al-Zulof and said Yemen had accused him of lacking impartiality in his assessments of the human rights situation in the Arabian Peninsula country.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said in a statement on Thursday that he had "full confidence" in Zulof and urged the Yemeni government "to reconsider its position on his expulsion", the news agency's report said........http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/condemns-yemen-expulsion-human-rights-official-160108042729021.html
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