Solon echoes UN’s call for PH gov’t to end attacks on rights defenders 2 SHARES Share it! “We hope that the Duterte administration would indeed stop the attacks on human rights defenders,” he stressed. The call was contained in the World Report–the first global survey on the situation of human rights defenders, which also identified the progress and challenges that need to be addressed in relation to human rights and freedom. “The report shows the real human rights situation in the Philippines and the dangers human rights defenders face because of the policies and pronouncements of the Duterte administration,” Zarate said. “The report said that Duterte has fostered very harmful rhetoric against human rights defenders labeling them ‘anti-nation,’ ‘protectors of drug lords,’ ‘communists,’ ‘terrorists’ and others.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 20, 2018 10:30 UTC