Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:46:29 +0000
Malacañang slammed as an “abuse of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) processes” the Iceland-led resolution that would probe the human rights situation in the Philippines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:39:11 +0000
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has called the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a “toothless tiger.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:27:59 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The government should use the resolution of the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as an opportunity to clear up issues regarding its war on drugs campaign, an official from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Sunday. This was the statement of Rev. Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:15:16 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo is ready to face any impeachment cases that will be filed against her for supporting the United Nation Human Right Council’s (UNHRC) probe into the government’s drug war, her spokesperson said on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 09:56:49 +0000
Malacañang maintained Friday that any investigation of the United Nations on President Duterte’s drug war would be interference in Philippine sovereignty.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:14:35 +0000
Opposition senators on Friday urged government to heed the recommendation of a working group of the United Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:54:54 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A working group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has formally asked the Philippine government to release detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima.
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