UN official Slams Impunity in the Philippines, Repeats Call for Prosecution of Perpetrators

UN official Slams Impunity in the Philippines, Repeats Call for Prosecution of Perpetrators

By RONALYN OLEA
Bulatlat.com

In a side event during the ongoing 14th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Prof. Philip Alston said impunity is the most serious issue that characterizes extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the Philippines.

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