MANILA, Philippines — International rights watchdog Investigate PH, which is doing a probe of alleged abuses in the country, has urged Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar to read their report first before reacting.
Investigate PH coordinator Peter Murphy said Thursday that contrary to Andanar’s claim that the group is “weaponizing” the issue of human rights, the only weapons found were from state forces shooting supposedly unarmed civilians.
“We urge the Presidential Communications Secretary to read the Initial Report and engage with the corroborated facts assembled there. The only weapons we found in our investigation were those of the police and the a…
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