The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly approved a resolution mandating a “comprehensive” international review of the drug war in the Philippines, which watchdogs say has claimed more than 20,000 lives.The resolution had faced strong resistance from President Rodrigo Duterte’s government, which counters that the toll has been exaggerated – its own estimates say 5,300 have died – and that the crackdown enjoys widespread popular support in the Southeast Asian nation.Duterte’s…
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