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HRW Asia director Phelim Kine commented: "The apparent willingness of Philippine police to deliberately target children for execution marks an appalling new level of depravity in this so-called drug war." [302] Duterte called the deaths of Arnaiz and de Guzman (the former being a relative of the President on his mother's side) "sabotage ...
Human rights groups documented about 1,400 suspicious killings in Davao during the 22 years Duterte was mayor and critics say the war on drugs he unleashed when he became president in 2016 bore ...
One widow, who lost her husband in a vigilante killing, said she had four words for the country's president: 'Kill drugs, not people.'
By the end of Duterte's term, the number of drug suspects killed since Duterte took office was officially tallied by the Philippine government as 6,252. [13] Human rights groups, including the ICC, however, claim drug casualties reached as high as 12,000 to 30,000 [14] and the killings reached their peak between 2016 and 2017. [15] [16]
Protest by local human rights groups, remembering the victims of the drug war, October 2019. Senator Risa Hontiveros, an opponent of Duterte, said that the drug war was a political strategy intended to persuade people that "suddenly the historically most important issue of poverty was no longer the most important." [1]
Philippine activists and the families of victims in a drug war that has killed thousands view with dread the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte staying on as vice-president for six more ...
About 6,600 people, most of them accused of petty drug crimes, have been killed in the crackdown Duterte launched as his centerpiece project when he took office in mid-2016. Rights group calls ...
Marcos also toned down President Duterte’s infamous war on drugs, in which thousands of suspected drug dealers were gunned down. He has hinted at the possibility of rejoining the International ...