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December 22, 2016

Philippines Publisher Murdered Amid Brutal Drug War
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In the Philippines, the Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for
the arrest of those responsible for murdering newspaper publisher Larry
Que. Que was shot in the head Monday morning, shortly after he wrote a
column alleging "official negligence" over an illegal methamphetamine
laboratory recently raided by police. Another journalist who covered the
same raid later reported receiving death threats. Philippines President
Rodrigo Duterte launched a brutal so-called war on drugs that has seen
thousands of people killed by police and vigilantes, and many
journalists say they fear they're now targets.


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