FactCheck: The UNHRC did not defend Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, nor criticized the opposition senators.
The United Nations supports President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. It also slammed opposition senators for saying the campaign caused extrajudicial killings in the country.The UN Human Rights Council did not say it supports Duterte’s anti-drug campaign. It also did not mention Hontiveros nor Pangilinan in its latest resolution.Facebook’s monitoring tool flagged the video containing this claim for containing potentially false information. It was viewed at least 125,000 times.
Instead, the PNA report discussed how the UNHRC adopted a resolution that offers"technical assistance" to the Philippine government to address the human rights situation in the country.on October 7. Though it fell short of launching an independent investigation on the EJKs in the country, the resolution did request for the office of UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to do continuous monitoring of the Duterte government.
As of writing, the video had over 125,000 views, 3,000 shares, 8,100 reactions, and 1,000 comments. Claim Check, Facebook’s monitoring tool, flagged the video for containing potentially dubious information.. This was also rated false because UNHRC's resolution did not deny that there were EJKs in the country.Keep us aware of suspicious Facebook pages, groups, accounts, websites, articles, or photos in your network by contacting us at [email protected].
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