AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Philippines: Hold police to account for unlawful killings in "war on drugs"

30 January 2018

Responding to the news that police have resumed their role in implementing the so-called "war on drugs" declared by President Rodrigo Duterte's administration, Amnesty International's Director of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, James Gomez said:
"Since President Duterte came to power, police have unlawfully killed thousands of people, the vast majority of them from poor and marginalised communities, in attacks so extensive and brutal they may well amount to crimes against humanity. Now that police are once more returning to the forefront of anti-drug operations, the government must make sure that there is no repeat of the bloodshed seen during the past 18 months.
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Aufruf von Amnesty International zum ASEAN-Gipfel

Amnesty International ruft die Führer der ASEAN-Staaten auf, Stellung gegen die extralegalen Hinrichtungen im blutigen Krieg der Philippinen gegen die Drogen zu beziehen.

With mounting evidence of government involvement in thousands of extrajudicial executions in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’, Amnesty International is calling on regional leaders to take a stand against possible crimes against humanity as they meet at the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila this week.

Philippines: Stop new killings and implement police reforms urgently

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT
Index: 35/5894/17 16 March 2017
Philippines: Stop new killings and implement police reforms urgently
Dozens of further killings by police of people suspected of using and selling drugs indicate that police reforms, promised by the President during a month-long suspension of anti-drug operations in the country, have failed to materialise.

Now more than 7000 victims