WorldMANILA, AFP -Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday invited the United Nations' chief and international human rights experts to investigate allegations of widespread extrajudicial killings, but insisted they also face him in a public debate. Last month, a UN human rights investigator asked to be allowed to visit the Philippines to look into the abuses but the Duterte government swiftly rebuffed her. This week Duterte added the European Union to his list of targets, after the European Parliament condemned “the current wave of extrajudicial executions” in his country. The man had testified last week that Duterte personally murdered people and ordered 1,000 deaths. Speaking for the first time about those allegations, Duterte dismissed them, saying previous investigations had not resulted in any charges against him.

Source: Sunday Times September 22, 2016 11:48 UTC