UN experts’ call for probe on PH biased, made in bad faith – DFA 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Philippine News AgencyThe Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Saturday night slammed some United Nations rapporteurs as biased over their fresh calls for an independent probe on the human rights situation in Manila. On Friday, 11 independent experts, including UN rapporteur Agnes Callamard, accused the Philippine government of “sustained attack on people and institutions defending human rights.”READ MORE: Experts call on UN Human Rights Council to probe violations in PHCiting this, they called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigation on this alleged violation. “The 11 UN Special Rapporteurs’ act of peddling a biased and absolutely false recital of facts, adulterated with malicious imputations against the constituted authorities, smacks of unpardonable intrusions on our sovereignty,” Panelo said. Panelo said the information presented by the UN Special Rapporteurs came from the detractors of the Duterte administration.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 09, 2019 06:11 UTC