The United Nations has slammed the "xenophobic"
British tabloids for the way they treated a Brazilian official who criticised
the controversial 'bedroom tax'. The UN said reports it had "slapped
down" Raquel Rolnik were "pure spin" and attacked the
"blizzard of misinformation" published about her visit. Conservative Chairman Grant Shapps wrote to
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, demanding answers and accusing her of
political bias. After a reply was sent to Shapps, The Sun reported that the
"firebrand Brazilian leftie" had been "slapped down" by the
UN in its response. Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told HuffPost UK: “I should make it clear that the Sun's take on
it - that the 'The United Nations has slapped down' Ms Rolnik - is pure spin.”
Read more on the Huffington Post website.
