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Trudeau 'bragged' about raising human rights concerns to Duterte: analyst

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Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1446864" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Any host-leader would be offended by the seeming boasting of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he raised human rights concerns to President Rodrigo Duterte, an analyst said Wednesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/17/duterte-says-insulted-by-trudeaus-move-to-raise-human-rights">READ: Duterte says insulted by Trudeau&#x27;s move to raise human rights </a></li></ul><p>&quot;There’s nothing wrong per se about raising human rights, but to brag about it, I think he (Trudeau) was playing up to the Canadian audience,&quot; Manila&#x27;s former ambassador to the ASEAN Wilfrido Villacorta told ANC.</p><p>&quot;He should have said, ‘I have raised the matter with the President.’ Period. But he kept on talking. Of course, any host-leader would feel offended. This is intervention,&quot; he said.</p><p>Trudeau had said Duterte was &quot;receptive&quot; when he raised concerns over &quot;human rights, rule of law and extrajudicial killings&quot; on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit, but the Philippine leader said he took the action as a &quot;personal and official insult.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/17/trudeau-impressed-need-to-respect-rule-of-law-human-rights-to-receptive-duterte">READ: Trudeau &#x27;impressed&#x27; need to respect rule of law, human rights to &#x27;receptive&#x27; Duterte </a></li></ul><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/11/15/20171114-duterte-trudeau-mnib-4.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Duterte has drawn criticism from international groups and foreign governments over his bloody crackdown on illegal drugs.</p><p>Police data say 3,800 drug suspects have been killed for putting up violent resistance during legitimate operations, but there has been no recorded extrajudicial killing under the administration.</p><p>Trudeau said it was expected of Canada to bring up &quot;strong and firm discussions on human rights and rule of law around the world.&quot;</p><p>During his Manila visit, Trudeau also had an &quot;extended conversation&quot; with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been lambasted by rights groups for failing to speak up for the Rohingya or condemn festering anti-Muslim sentiment in the country.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/14/17/un-chief-meets-myanmars-suu-kyi-on-rohingya-crisis">READ: UN chief meets Myanmar&#x27;s Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis  </a></li></ul><p>But ASEAN, by nature, is not a problem-solving organization, said Villacorta.</p><p>&quot;[It] is meant to manage the problem so that it doesn’t become worse; to resolve conflicts through peaceful means,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Whether you’re talking about the Rohingya question, the EJK supposedly, or the South China Sea, this is not the priority of ASEAN,&quot; he added.</p><p>Manila had hosted the annual series of meetings of the 10-member bloc, where a landmark treaty to protect the rights of migrant workers was signed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/14/17/asean-signs-pact-for-migrant-workers-protection">READ: ASEAN signs pact for migrant workers&#x27; protection</a></li></ul><p>A draft of the statement to be issued after the summit, however, made no mention of the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar&#x27;s Rakhine state following a military crackdown.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/11/13/17/southeast-asia-summit-draft-statement-skips-over-rohingya-crisis">READ: Southeast Asia summit draft statement skips over Rohingya crisis</a></li></ul>

<p>Any host-leader would be offended by the seeming boasting of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he raised human rights concerns to President Rodrigo Duterte, an analyst said Wednesday.</p>

Any host-leader would be offended by the seeming boasting of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he raised human rights concerns to President Rodrigo Duterte, an analyst said Wednesday.

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Trudeau 'bragged' about raising human rights concerns to Duterte: analyst

Trishia Billones,

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Published Nov 15, 2017 05:36 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 15, 2017 05:44 PM PHT

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