Manila, Philippines - After two days of
ceremonious meetings, Southeast Asian
leaders missed the bullseye in talks
about two major human rights issues
affecting their region: Myanmar's
handling of the Rohingya crisis and the
Philippines' bloody campaign against
illegal drug traffickers.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte,
this year's Chairman of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
managed to fend off criticism of his
"war on drugs", which has left
thousands of people dead.
"I think Duterte was very smart in using
this event to legitimise himself and
push back against criticism of his drug
war," said Richard Heydarian, a
geopolitical analyst from De La Salle
University in Manila.
"We saw no major country raising the
drug war issue or if ever they raised it,
it was very low-key."
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