Rodrigo Duterte

Philippine lawmakers attack rights commission, chief justice

Philippine lawmakers have moved to cut the budget of the nation's human rights commission to 20 dollars and impeach the Supreme Court chief justice in what critics on Wednesday labelled part of a slide towards dictatorship under President Rodrigo Duterte.The twin votes in the House of Representatives added to a growing climate of fear that Duterte is determined to silence anyone critical of his war on drugs, which has claimed thousands of lives and led rights groups to warn of a crime ag

14 September 2017
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Philippine lawmakers defund rights body over drug war

Philippine lawmakers have voted to slash annual funding for the nation's human rights commission to just 20 dollars in response to its investigations into President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war, authorities said Wednesday.The House of Representatives action is the latest part of what critics say is a campaign by Duterte and his allies to silence opposition to the crackdown, which has claimed thousands of lives and led rights groups to warn of a crime against humanity.The House,

13 September 2017
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