Philippines war on drugs may have killed tens of thousands, says UN
Report says crackdown appears to have resulted in systematic extrajudicial killings
Tens of thousands of people may have been killed during Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs in the Philippines, according to a damning UN report that warns of “persistent impunity” and calls for an independent investigation into abuses.
The anti-narcotics crackdown in the Philippines, launched by the president after he won the 2016 election on a promise to rid the country of drugs, appears to have resulted in “widespread and systematic” extrajudicial killings, the report says.
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