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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11683156
300 dead in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's national drug crackdown
Rodrigo "The Punisher" Duterte vowed to eliminate drug crime via state sanctioned murder and he's fulfilling that promise with chilling efficiency.
The official death toll since the Philippines president's call on authorities and citizens last month to kill drug users and dealers on sight is almost 300 but the true figure is certain to be higher.
The victims nobody reported missing, or cared enough about to identify, are unlikely to have made anyone's list.
Now the horrific results of Duterte's crackdown have been illustrated in an extraordinary series of photographs by Getty's Dondi Tawatao.
According to police data, 293 suspected users and pushers were killed during police operations between July 1 and July 24. Human rights groups say this figure does not include countless people murdered by vigilantes in street executions.
Not that this worries Duterte - as far as he is concerned everything is going to plan.
"Double your efforts. Triple them if need be," he said in a message to police. (continued)
see also - http://www.theweek.co.uk/72442/rodrigo-duterte-up-to-300-dead-in-philippines-war-on-drugs
Tough on crime?
300 dead in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's national drug crackdown
Rodrigo "The Punisher" Duterte vowed to eliminate drug crime via state sanctioned murder and he's fulfilling that promise with chilling efficiency.
The official death toll since the Philippines president's call on authorities and citizens last month to kill drug users and dealers on sight is almost 300 but the true figure is certain to be higher.
The victims nobody reported missing, or cared enough about to identify, are unlikely to have made anyone's list.
Now the horrific results of Duterte's crackdown have been illustrated in an extraordinary series of photographs by Getty's Dondi Tawatao.
According to police data, 293 suspected users and pushers were killed during police operations between July 1 and July 24. Human rights groups say this figure does not include countless people murdered by vigilantes in street executions.
Not that this worries Duterte - as far as he is concerned everything is going to plan.
"Double your efforts. Triple them if need be," he said in a message to police. (continued)
see also - http://www.theweek.co.uk/72442/rodrigo-duterte-up-to-300-dead-in-philippines-war-on-drugs
Tough on crime?
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