Obama calls Duterte, highlights shared human rights values
/abonnement/USA – President Obama has personally called his counterpart in the Philippines with a subtle message about the importance of human rights.
Just weeks ago, in his last campaign speech, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte told a crowd to “forget the laws of human rights.”Duterte’s tough-on-crime stance proved popular with Filipino voters as he won by a landslide, with his two closest rivals pulling out within 24 hours.(CNN/photo: newsoneplace.com and photo2: cbc.ca)…[+]