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Duterte drug war: Philippines cuts rights body's budget to $20
Source: BBC
Duterte drug war: Philippines cuts rights body's budget to $20
12 September 2017 Asia
Lawmakers in the Philippines have voted to give an annual budget of just 1,000 pesos ($20; £15) to the public body investigating the country's controversial war on drugs.
The cut to the budget of the Commission on Human Rights was supported by a margin of 119 to 32 in Congress.
Speaker of the House Pantaleon Alvarez labelled the commission "useless".
But critics say the move is punishment for the body's staunch criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte's drugs war.
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12 September 2017 Asia
Lawmakers in the Philippines have voted to give an annual budget of just 1,000 pesos ($20; £15) to the public body investigating the country's controversial war on drugs.
The cut to the budget of the Commission on Human Rights was supported by a margin of 119 to 32 in Congress.
Speaker of the House Pantaleon Alvarez labelled the commission "useless".
But critics say the move is punishment for the body's staunch criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte's drugs war.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41244704
