UN rights investigator seeks Philippines visit, is rebuffed

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UN rights investigator seeks Philippines visit, is rebuffed
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By AFP     3 hours ago in World

The UN human rights investigator has told AFP she hopes to visit the Philippines to probe alleged extrajudicial killings, but President Rodrigo Duterte's government bluntly declared she was unwelcome.

Police have shot dead 665 suspects with vigilantes killing 889 others in an anti-drug crackdown, the Philippine police chief told a Senate hearing earlier in the week.

Rejecting UN allegations the crackdown amounted to a crime under international law, Duterte's chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday challenged the UN special rapporteur on human rights to visit the Philippines and investigate.

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"The UN human rights investigator has told AFP she hopes to visit the Philippines to probe alleged extrajudicial killings, but President Rodrigo Duterte's government bluntly declared she was unwelcome..."

I can't help but think this Duarte guy is a little off-kilter and has visons of granduer for himself. A tin pot strongman.

Nevertheless, telling the UN to butt out makes me want to stand up and cheer.