MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged its counterpart in Myanmar to “do something” about the rights situation in their country amid continued protests and violence following a military power grab.
CHR expressed its “deep concern” over the supposed silence of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) despite the alarming “blatant killings, violent dispersals, and other gross human rights violations being committed by the Myanmar military government against its people.”
According to the CHR, it is the duty of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to rise up and speak against atrocities being committed by their respecti…
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