Philippine officials under pressure not to work with human rights orgs — US report

A relative of a victim of an extra-judicial killing attends a memorial mass ahead of All Soul's Day to remember loved ones slain in the government's war on drugs, at the Commission on Human Rights in Manila on October 29, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — Philippine government officials were under pressure not to work with international and nongovernmental organizations investigating human rights abuses in the country, the US Department of State said in its annual report on human rights.

The 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices noted that human rights groups operated in the country, investigating and publishing their findings on cases of human rights violations.

“Government officials were under pressure not to cooperate with or respond to the view of international human rights organizations,” the report read.

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