“Utterly appalling” and “unacceptable.”This was how the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) described on Wednesday the new controversial video of Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and pro-Duterte blogger Drew Olivar. ADVERTISEMENTIn the video, Uson asked Olivar to do a sign language and he proceeded to make fun of it. According to the CHR, sign language is a “fundamental human right” of the deaf community and is part of their “higher right to self-determination. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Palace distances from new Mocha Uson, Drew Olivar controversy“We welcome the public apology the duo recently issued. The agency is now probing the case of Uson and Olivar, following the complaint filed by by the Philippine Federation of the Deaf.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 19, 2018 07:52 UTC