US House approves bill tying assistance to conduct of Philippines’ drug war

FUNDING for the Philippines’ anti-illegal drugs campaign will be deemed contingent on the campaign’s consistency with “international human rights standards,” according to a bill approved last month by the US Congress. This was the condition provided by the US House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations in its bill on the 2019 State and Foreign Operations approved last June 20. >> http://bit.ly/2ufIFbk