61 lawyers killed since Duterte assumed office in 2016, says group

  • 📰 ABSCBNNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 38 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 83%

Philippines Headlines News

Philippines Latest News,Philippines Headlines

MANILA - Some 61 lawyers have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office in 2016, according to a report by the Free Legal Assistance Group released Thursday.

Nearly half of the killings or 26 were work-related, 15 were drug-related, 12 were allegedly due to personal motives, and the remaining 15 are unknown, the report showed.

The group said a killing is tagged as drug-related when the victim was known to represent alleged drug suspects or was alleged to have been a drug personality. "In one instance, President Duterte criticized the lawyers of suspected drug lords, saying they had been taking advantage of the circuitous judicial process, allowing their clients to continue with their illicit activities. He then warned: 'Even their lawyers, I will include them.'"

"The fact that law enforcement officers comply with patently illegal orders to conduct summary extra-legal executions is an indication that the government has failed in its obligation to prohibit such orders and emphasize the duty to defy such orders," FLAG said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Here we go malicious reporting again.

maraming pang inosenteng pilipino ang papatayin ni Dutae meron pa syang mahigit isang taon

My numbers din ba frm past admin

Supreme Court has to do something. Politicians x Lawyers, what now?

Ano pang bago jan...

17 Mayors killed on his term and 27 thousand innocents killed on fake war on drugs. 😡

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in PH

Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines