UN Rep Says Killings Hurting Arroyo’s Credibility Abroad

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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples warns that the Arroyo government’s inability to stop extra-judicial killings in the Philippines is undermining its international standing.

By Bulatlat

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples last week warned that the Arroyo government’s inability to stop extra-judicial killings in the Philippines is undermining its international standing.

The UN representative, Prof. Rodolfo Stavenhagen, the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples, said that the pattern of human rights violations victimizing human rights defenders, social activists, community leaders and other innocent civilians alike, “is seriously undermining the international standing of the Philippine government."

Stavenhagen also said in a statement that violations of human rights in the Philippines have worsened, adding that the Philippine government lacks the political will to arrest of the deteriorating human rights situation ...

http://www.bulatlat.com/news/7-2/7-2-un.htm

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