NUMEROUS killings and a supposed human rights crisis in the Philippines have made the country one of the worst places in the world even without an armed conflict, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard has claimed. Callamard, who is seeking an investigation into drug-related killings in the country, said the Philippine government had created multiple human rights crises. “As far as my mandate is concerned, my work on killings is concerned, the Philippines is standing out as one of the worst places outside an armed conflict situation because of the scale of the killings, and also because the human rights crisis is multifold,” Callamard said in an interview by Bloomberg TV Philippines last week. Among the conditions set by Malacañang is a public debate between Callamard and the President before the media. Callamard said: “Your President must listen to what we have to say.

Source: Manila Times March 19, 2017 18:04 UTC