Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:55:13 +0000
The Duterte government is inviting comparisons to restrictive states like North Korea and Myanmar if it refuses to allow the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) deputy director Phil Robertson said on Friday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:28:50 +0000
MALACAÑANG on Friday slammed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution seeking an investigation on the war on illegal drugs in the Philippines, saying President Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency is…READ
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The U.N. human rights chief defended his outspoken criticism of abuses in dozens of countries from Myanmar and Hungary to the United States, insisting that his office doesn’t “bring shame on governments, they shame themselves.”
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