THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday accused the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) of “misleading” the international community after it reported that the human rights situation in the Philippines is at its worst since the time of former President Ferdinand Marcos.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano took issue with the HRW’s assessment of the human rights situation in the Philippines in 2017.

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