UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US

Volker Turk alarmed at growing power of unelected tech oligarchs' and warns gender equality is being rolled back

The UN human rights chief has warned of a fundamental shift" in the US and sounded the alarm over the growing power of unelected tech oligarchs", in a stinging rebuke of Washington weeks into Donald Trump's presidency.

Volker Turk said there had been bipartisan support for human rights in the US for decades but said he was now deeply worried by the fundamental shift in direction that is taking place domestically and internationally".