The government will look into the reported human rights abuses in Mindanao, a spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday, month after the chief executive placed the entire region under martial law in response to the siege of Marawi City by Islamic State-linked armed groups. In a statement, Undersecretary Ernesto Abella said the Duterte administration would not allow any member of the police and the military to violate human rights and the Constitution. But Abella said that the Commission on Human Rights has not received any rights abuses in Mindanao, a mother after the declaration of martial law. He said individuals who experienced violations arising from martial law should go to proper authorities. “We do note the recent report of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that found no evidence of abuse of martial law in Mindanao.

Source: Manila Times June 24, 2017 06:56 UTC