Malacañang was slammed Saturday for branding as “faulty” the latest report of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the country’s right violations. | CMarquezINQ
UNHRC’s 26-page report
The UN rights body likewise recommended that the Philippine government should stop the highly-criticized “Oplan Tokhang” to end the “extrajudicial killings among drug users” and to “abolish the compilation and publication of ‘drug watch lists’ at all administrative levels.”
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