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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders are among “populists and demagogues” whose tactics of communication smack of ISIS-style propaganda.

In exceptionally strong terms, and with far-right groups on the rise in the wake of extremist attacks, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein warned Monday about the “banalization of bigotry” in Europe and the U.S. by populists who allude back to “a fictional halcyon past” and oversimplify messages with sound bites and Tweets.

Zeid, the son of a Jordanian prince and Swedish-born mother who often goes by his first name, focused mainly on Wilders in the speech at a gala dinner organized by the Hague-based Peace, Justice and Security Foundation. But Zeid also lumped in others, including Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, and Nigel Farage (who recently appeared on-stage with Trump), a former leader of Britain’s main anti-immigration party.

“Make no mistake, I certainly do not equate the actions of nationalist demagogues with those of Daesh, which are monstrous, sickening; Daesh must be brought to justice,” Zeid said, using the Arabic-language acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. “But in its mode of communication, its use of half-truths and oversimplification, the propaganda of Daesh uses tactics similar to those of the populists.”

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