The New York Times reported that according to national police logs, 114,833 people turned themselves in – as drug addicts or dealers – since Duterte took office, in the face of the killing spree.
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Funeral workers carry the body of one of the five suspected drug pushers killed in a police operation in Quiapo city, metro Manila, Philippines July 3.
“These global authorities with responsibility for worldwide drug control should call for an immediate halt to the killings”, a statement from Human Rights Watch said.
At least 704 people have been killed for their involvement with drugs since Duterte came to power, according to data from the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group.
He said the PNP Oversight Committee reviewed the performance of each Police Regional Office based on Project Double Barrel Weekly Monitoring Reports since July 1.
After winning presidential elections with a campaign promising to rid the country of drugs and corruption, Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte is standing true to his aim with over 400 dealers and others already having been killed by police.
Official statistics from Philippines National Police also show an increase in killings in the first two months after Duterte’s victory, with police confirming they’d killed almost 200 people in the harsh anti-drug campaign that they have hailed as a “success”.
A HUMAN rights group on Tuesday urged global drug control agencies to condemn the surge in killings of suspected drug users and pushers in the Philippines.
Dozens of similar killings have taken place nearly daily in the Philippines, but with drugs and crime so deep-rooted, there is barely any public outrage.
De Lima, who investigated Duterte over extra-judicial killings when he was mayor, decried what she said was “propaganda” on social media that portrayed her as a protector of criminals. “Shoot him and I’ll give you a medal”, he added.
Mr. Duterte noted that mining companies, such as Marcopper, had yet to clean up the mess they had made. “Their silence is unacceptable, while people are being killed on the streets day after day”.
A Filipino suspected drug user takes his oath taking after voluntarily surrendering in Manila.
“Is he yet to reveal the 27 names [of local executives who are linked to drugs]?”
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In June, even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Duterte’s apparent support of extra-judicial killings. “But instead a government failure to protect people’s most fundamental human rights”. All measures taken to control drugs in the Philippines must be grounded in global law.
