All victims of extrajudicial killings will get a free pass to heaven, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced after purportedly consulting with “God” on the issue. Speaking at the opening of a drug rehabilitation center on Friday, the eccentric Philippines leader disclosed that he had “asked God” for “all the victims of extrajudicial killings” to go […]
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US ‘cautiously optimistic’ after seeing decline in extrajudicial killings in Philippines drug war
Thomson Reuters The US is cautiously optimistic about Philippine President rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs after seeing a decline in extrajudicial killings. The US has shifted away millions in dollars in support for law enforcement for the Philippines since the bloody anti-drug campaign started in 2016. Nearly 4,000 have been killed in shoot-outs with the […]