opinionManila (AFP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy across Southeast Asia, activists said as regional leaders gathered in Manila on Friday. This is partly because the leaders of most other countries in the region have few democratic credentials themselves, or have human rights clouds hanging over them, according to Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division. Amnesty International called on the ASEAN leaders to consider whether the drug war killings were a "serious breach" of the provision in the group's charter to protect human rights. - Myanmar -Aung San Suu Kyi's reputation as a democracy icon and human rights defender has been tarnished by her first year in office. Human rights groups warn he may be orchestrating a crime against humanity.

Source: Sunday Times April 28, 2017 03:11 UTC