UN’s Khashoggi report piles the pressure on Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
Riyadh"•Saudi Arabia has sought to move on from the scandal triggered by journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, but a UN expert’s ...
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UN experts call for independent inquiry into EJK
A group of UN rights experts called Friday for the Human Rights Council to establish an independent probe into violations in ...
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UN execs tell Rody: Curb rights violations
UNITED Nations special rapporteurs on Tuesday called on the Duterte administration to urgently address growing reports of human rights violations ...
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UN urged to act on ‘smear campaign’ against Callamard
The United Nation on Wednesday urged the UN Human Rights Council president Joaquin Alexander Maza Martelli to make an action ...
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4 solons urge review of drug war
FOUR senators said Wednesday they believed it was time to allow UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard to investigate the alleged ...
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French polls, EJKs, etc.
The recent French presidential polls showed France is not ready for a woman head of state. Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right ...
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PH envoy to UN twits rapporteur
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial and Summary Killings Agnes Callamard on Saturday challenged the Duterte administration to lift the ...
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UN rapporteur draws flak
Malacañang on Friday said that it will direct the country’s representatives to the United Nations to file a complaint against ...
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Offer to UN on EJK probe still stands, Palace says
THE Philippines has not canceled its invitation to a United Nations special rapporteur to look into the alleged summary killings ...
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