Press regulator IPSO has rejected a complaint against The Sun from a senior UN official that the suggestion he should “clear off back to his own continent” was discriminatory.

UN special rapporteur Maina Kiai complained about an online article headlined: “Meddling UN Human Rights chief sparks fury by demanding UK waters down vital counter-terrorism laws”, published on 21 April 2016.

It included a quote from an MP saying that “this lecture on human rights by somebody from Africa is staggering. He should clear off back to his own continent to look at some of the grotesque abuses of human rights that take place on a daily basis led by people like Robert Mugabe.”