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Manila formally invites UN rights official to probe killings

Published Wed, Oct 12, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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THE Philippine government has formally invited a United Nations rights rapporteur to investigate the thousands of killings during President Rodrigo Duterte's war on crime, a presidential spokesman said on Wednesday.

"The (presidential) palace has sent the invitation to UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard and is awaiting her response," spokesman Ernesto Abella told reporters.

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