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UPDATE 1-U.N. rights experts seek inquiry into Philippines killings

Published 06/07/2019, 04:27 PM
Updated 06/07/2019, 04:30 PM
UPDATE 1-U.N. rights experts seek inquiry into Philippines killings

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GENEVA, June 7 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights
experts called on Friday for an international investigation into
unlawful deaths and police killings linked to a crackdown on
drugs in the Philippines.
The 11 independent experts accused President Rodrigo Duterte
of publicly intimidating activists and Supreme Court judges,
degrading women and inciting violence against alleged drug
pushers and others.
There was no immediate response from Duterte or the Manila
government. He came to power in 2016 promising to eradicate
drugs and crime, and this year said he would step up that
campaign. The experts urged the U.N. Human Rights Council, whose 47
member states open a three-week session on June 24, to launch an
independent inquiry into what they called a sharp deterioration
in human rights across the country.
"We have recorded a staggering number of unlawful deaths and
police killings in the context of the so-called war on drugs, as
well as killings of human rights defenders," said the experts
who included Agnes Callamard, the U.N. investigator on
extrajudicial executions.
“The Government has shown no indication that they will step
up to fulfil their obligation to conduct prompt and full
investigations into these cases,” they added in their joint
statement issued in Geneva.
The top enforcer of the war on drugs in the Philippines
last month dared prosecutors to go after him for the deaths of
thousands of people, after activists warned that his election to
the Senate could insulate him from legal action.
Ronald dela Rosa, Duterte's top lieutenant in the crackdown,
and the government insist that the more than 5,000 suspected
drug dealers whom police have killed in anti-narcotics
operations had all put up a fight.

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