Thursday, 04 Jun 2020 12:50 PM MYT
The drugs crackdown, launched by President Rodrigo Duterte after winning election on a platform of crushing crime, has been marked by police orders and high-level rhetoric that may have been interpreted as “permission to kill,” it said. “Despite credible allegations of widespread and systematic extrajudicial killings in the context of the campaign against illegal drugs, there has been near impunity for such violations,” the report said.
“The human rights situation in the Philippines is marked by an overarching focus on public order and national security, including countering terrorism and illegal drugs,” it said. “The most conservative figure, based on Government data, suggests that since July 2016, 8,663 people have been killed — with other estimates of up to triple that number,” it said.
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