MANILA: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he raised the issue of human rights and extrajudicial killings during a conversation with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was “receptive” to his comments.
Human rights groups had called on leaders at an Asian summit in Manila to pressure Duterte over the thousands of Filipinos killed during his 16-month-old crackdown on illegal drugs.
Trudeau said Canada had a reputation for being frank in discussing issues like the rule of law and human rights with partners everywhere.
“I also mentioned human rights, rule of law and specifically extra judicial killings as being an issue that Canada is concerned with,” he told a news conference in Manila.
“I will always bring that up. The president was receptive to my comments and it was throughout a very cordial and positive exchange.”
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Canada’s Trudeau says raised human rights, killings with Philippines’ Duterte
Canada’s Trudeau says raised human rights, killings with Philippines’ Duterte
US regulator briefly grounds JetBlue flights after system outage
- Advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday it had lifted a brief order grounding all JetBlue flights, after the airline suffered a system outage.
The FAA said in an advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request.
JetBlue said a system outage was to blame for its ground stop request.
“A brief system outage has been resolved and we have resumed operations,” the airline told AFP in a statement.
The FAA did not immediately reply to AFP’s request for comment.
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