Cristof Heyns, a UN special rapporteur, was responding to Duterte’s comments in a press conference that “corrupt” journalists were the legitimate targets of assassination. Heyns, special rapporteur on summary executions, said: “A message of this nature amounts to incitement to violence and killing, in a nation already ranked as the second-deadliest country for journalists. A United Nations envoy has described Rodrigo Duterte as “irresponsible” and “unbecoming”, weeks before the president-elect of the Philippines is due to take office. You won’t be killed if you don’t do anything wrong,” Duterte was reported as saying. He referred to one journalist, Jun Pala, who was murdered in Davao in 2003 when Duterte was mayor.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2016 05:19 UTC