(Courtesy of Peace Philippines Facebook) MANILA - A senatorial candidate is wondering why a so-called rights organization is relentless in its character assassination of President Rodrigo Duterte and himself when it has close ties with local groups declared as terrorists by western countries. Duterte had already urged the public to dismiss the party-list group Bayan Muna in the May 9 elections. It is part of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), a founding member of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP). UniTeam bet Harry Roque, who has litigated human rights cases in Philippine and international courts, said he does not know which is more preposterous, his accusers or the accusation that he violated human rights. "What alleged crimes against humanity did I exactly commit under domestic and international laws?" Roque asked the ICHRP in a news release on Saturday. Roque, the first Asian admitted to practice before the International
UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has lambasted a rights organization with close ties to local groups declared as terrorists by western countries for
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