Hardline president's ascension to office is followed by wave of shootings, prompting outcry over 'serial summary executions of users and petty drug lords' Thirty "drug dealers" have been killed since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as Philippine president on Thursday, police said, announcing the seizure of nearly US$20m (£15m) worth of narcotics but sparking anger from a lawyers' group. Duterte won the election in May on a platform of crushing crime, but his incendiary rhetoric and advocacy of ext...
Philippines police boast of 30 drug killings under 'punisher' Duterte
The Guardian - 5 Jul 2016 05:19
Hardline president's ascension to office is followed by wave of shootings, prompting outcry over 'serial summary executions of users and petty drug lords' Thirty "drug dealers" have been killed since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as Philippine president on Thursday, police said, announcing the seizure of nearly US$20m (£15m) worth of narcotics but sparking anger from a lawyers' group. Duterte won the election in May on a platform of crushing crime, but his incendiary rhetoric and advocacy of ext...
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