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Canada's Trudeau raises rights issues as Asia summit winds down

By Manolo Serapio Jr

 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures during the news conference in Manila, Philippines November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Czar Dancel

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the plight of Rohingya refugees and extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at a summit of Asian and Western leaders on Tuesday, sensitive human rights issues skirted by almost all the others.

 

There was no pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump over the Philippines' bloody war on drugs during a meeting on Monday with President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the summit.

 

A joint statement after the meeting said the two sides "underscored that human rights and the dignity of human life are essential, and agreed to continue mainstreaming the human rights agenda in their national programmes."

 

However, Trudeau said that during his conversation with Duterte in Manila, he "mentioned human rights, rule of law and specifically extra-judicial killings as being an issue that Canada is concerned with."

 

"The president was receptive to my comments and it was throughout a very cordial and positive exchange," Trudeau told a news conference.

 

More than 3,900 pushers and users have been killed in the war on drugs that Duterte declared when he took office last year. His government says the police act in self-defence, but critics say executions are taking place with no accountability.

 

Duterte cursed Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, last year for raising concerns about the war on drugs and he subsequently declared that he was breaking with the United States, a close ally of the Philippines since World War Two. Trump, by contrast, said on Monday he had a "great relationship" with Duterte.

 

ROHINGYA CRISIS

 

Trudeau said he also met Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the plight of Rohingya refugees, although he did not mention the Muslim minority by name.

 

"This is a tremendous concern to Canada and to many, many countries around the world," he said.

 

The government in mostly-Buddhist Myanmar regards the Rohingya as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and does not recognise the term.

 

Over 600,000 Rohingya have fled to refugee camps in Bangladesh since military clearance operations were launched in response to attacks by Rohingya militants on Aug. 25.

 

The plight of the Rohingya has brought outrage from around the world and there have been calls for democracy champion Suu Kyi to be stripped of the Nobel peace prize she won in 1991 because she has not condemned the military's actions.

 

Some countries in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), particularly Muslim-majority Malaysia, have voiced strong concern over the issue recently.

 

However, in keeping with ASEAN's principle of non-interference in each others' internal affairs, it appeared to have been put aside at the summit, which brought Southeast Asian nations together with the United States, Japan, China, India, Australia and Canada.

 

The summit ends later on Tuesday, also bringing to a close Trump's marathon trip to Asia that took him to Japan, South Korea, China and Vietnam as well as the Philippines.

 

(Additional reporting by Karen Lema, Martin Petty, James Pomfret and Enrico dela Cruz; Writing by Raju Gopalakrishnan; Editing by John Chalmers)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-11-14

[atyclb]

how many rohinga refugees has trudeau taken into Canada?

 

perhaps he will accept them and give each one 10 million dollars? 

Edited November 15, 2017 by atyclb

[boomerangutang]

Trudeau has more decency and courage in his thumbnail than Trump has had in his entire cushioned life.

[Baerboxer]

51 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

Trudeau has more decency and courage in his thumbnail than Trump has had in his entire cushioned life.

 

On what do you base that assertion? You know them both personally? What makes Trudeau decent or courageous?

 

Notice Trudeau wants to jump on the let's support the Rohingya bandwagon. Well, how wonderfully liberal and PC of him.

Don't see him springing to the defense of indigenous Canadians and the way they've been treated since European settlers invaded and stole their lands. Ahh, but that would be different.

 

Another champagne socialist full of BS and hypocrisy, just like his dad.

[chilli42]

Canada has no weight to back up their “concerns”.  Trudeau knows this so I am tempted to beleive his motivation is playing to the electorate in Canada.

[selftaopath]

3 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

On what do you base that assertion? You know them both personally? What makes Trudeau decent or courageous?

 

Notice Trudeau wants to jump on the let's support the Rohingya bandwagon. Well, how wonderfully liberal and PC of him.

Don't see him springing to the defense of indigenous Canadians and the way they've been treated since European settlers invaded and stole their lands. Ahh, but that would be different.

 

Another champagne socialist full of BS and hypocrisy, just like his dad.

People who tell the truth are blatantly more courageous than LIARS. Liars are afraid to speak factually; therefore 45 is one of the biggest cowards in the world. He wouldn't know truth/facts/ courage any day, but most days he's delusional and living in his own make believe fantasy.... biggest/best/smartest bla bla bla. He is a disgrace as an American and a human being. 

[jesimps]

4 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

On what do you base that assertion? You know them both personally? What makes Trudeau decent or courageous?

 

Notice Trudeau wants to jump on the let's support the Rohingya bandwagon. Well, how wonderfully liberal and PC of him.

Don't see him springing to the defense of indigenous Canadians and the way they've been treated since European settlers invaded and stole their lands. Ahh, but that would be different.

 

Another champagne socialist full of BS and hypocrisy, just like his dad.

Don't often agree with you but on this you're 100% correct. Well said!

[boomerangutang]

4 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

On what do you base that assertion? You know them both personally? What makes Trudeau decent or courageous?

Even if I didn't know anything about Trudeau (though I know a bit), I could confidently say he's head and shoulders a better person than Trump.  But being more decent and wiser than Trump is not a tall order.   The fat woman baking bagels at the corner store is wiser and more decent than Trump.  She probably knows more about foreign affairs than him, and unless she lies ever 10 minutes, she's more honest than him.

 

I'm smarter and better versed in history/int'l affairs than Trump, and I'm not even bragging.  I'm also a whole lot more honest.   Again, the bar is so low, that even Bernie Madoff looks good when standing alongside Trump.   I doubt Madoff is a pussy grabber, nor have I heard him refusing to pay hundreds of contractors after they successfully finished their jobs.

[greatwhitenorth]

Justin is a warm and fuzzy guy whodreams of becoming secretary general of the UN. When he does we all will be warm and fuzzy and all the bad things out there will go away.

 

   Prime Minister in pink ( no makeup)

 

 

Edited November 16, 2017 by greatwhitenorth
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[FreddieRoyle]

The misinformation regarding the Rohingya situation has been sustained and determined. Most of the western world regards the Rohingyas as persecuted little darlings that wouldn't say Boo to a goose, and ASSK is the devil herself. Of course, the reality is a million miles away from this liberal pipedream. Finally one western media outlet has started to address the actual issue and cause of the current situation.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/we-are-going-to-kill-you-villagers-in-burma-recount-violence-by-rohingya-muslim-militants/2017/11/14/409ff59b-849d-4459-bdc7-d1ea2b5ff9a6_story.html?utm_term=.daaa55c2f8c9

 

[Rancid]

23 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

Trudeau has more decency and courage in his thumbnail than Trump has had in his entire cushioned life.

I suppose its personalty reassuring to still have faith in politicians, but in reality they are all just the fronts for the same old money men behind them. In modern times it is doubtful a decent person could ever get elected, and even if they did the system would soon corrupt them. We all need to get over the right vs left meme, its a mirage that fosters the illusion of choice.

[atyclb]

20 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

Even if I didn't know anything about Trudeau (though I know a bit), I could confidently say he's head and shoulders a better person than Trump.  But being more decent and wiser than Trump is not a tall order.   The fat woman baking bagels at the corner store is wiser and more decent than Trump.  She probably knows more about foreign affairs than him, and unless she lies ever 10 minutes, she's more honest than him.

 

I'm smarter and better versed in history/int'l affairs than Trump, and I'm not even bragging.  I'm also a whole lot more honest.   Again, the bar is so low, that even Bernie Madoff looks good when standing alongside Trump.   I doubt Madoff is a pussy grabber, nor have I heard him refusing to pay hundreds of contractors after they successfully finished their jobs.

you won't make many friends on tv forum by saying grabbing pussy is a bad thing. lol

[atyclb]

2 hours ago, Rancid said:

I suppose its personalty reassuring to still have faith in politicians, but in reality they are all just the fronts for the same old money men behind them. In modern times it is doubtful a decent person could ever get elected, and even if they did the system would soon corrupt them. We all need to get over the right vs left meme, its a mirage that fosters the illusion of choice.

decent politicians (womanizing aside) may end up like jfk, rip.

[atyclb]

5 hours ago, greatwhitenorth said:

Justin is a warm and fuzzy guy whodreams of becoming secretary general of the UN. When he does we all will be warm and fuzzy and all the bad things out there will go away.

 

   Prime Minister in pink ( no makeup)

 

 

I see 2 people in pink standing together. Please clarify

[greatwhitenorth]

Just now, atyclb said:

I see 2 people in pink standing together. Please clarify

 I did, no makeup

[atyclb]

20 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

Even if I didn't know anything about Trudeau (though I know a bit), I could confidently say he's head and shoulders a better person than Trump.  But being more decent and wiser than Trump is not a tall order.   The fat woman baking bagels at the corner store is wiser and more decent than Trump.  She probably knows more about foreign affairs than him, and unless she lies ever 10 minutes, she's more honest than him.

 

I'm smarter and better versed in history/int'l affairs than Trump, and I'm not even bragging.  I'm also a whole lot more honest.   Again, the bar is so low, that even Bernie Madoff looks good when standing alongside Trump.   I doubt Madoff is a pussy grabber, nor have I heard him refusing to pay hundreds of contractors after they successfully finished their jobs.

for someone stating how well versed and smart you are about history and international affairs and how flattering you are of trudeau you may wish to review a wall street journal piece as a starting point and see how many canadians feel.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-terrorists-big-payday-courtesy-of-trudeau-1500229530