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UN rights council launches ‘review’ of Philippine drug war


July 11, 2019

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly approved a resolution mandating a “comprehensive” international review of the Philippines drug war, which watchdogs say has killed more than 20,000 people. The resolution had faced strong pushback from President Rodrigo Duterte’s government, which counters that the toll has been exaggerated — its estimates say 5,300 have died — and that the …

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