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August 21, 2017

Philippines: Protests Growing Against Duterte's Bloody Drug War
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In the Philippines, protests are growing against President Rodrigo
Duterte's so-called War on Drugs, which has killed more than 12,500
people over the last year. There are three separate demonstrations
scheduled for today to protest the death of 17-year-old high school
student Kian Delos Santos, who was one of 80 people killed in drug raids
last week alone.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, mourners wore T-shirts reading "Kill drugs, not
people" as they carried the coffin of Leover Miranda to a cemetery in
Manila. This is his mother, Elvira Miranda.

Bq. Elvira Miranda: "My son was screaming 'Mother, mother!' I didn't
hear him. Then I heard gunshot right outside his house, gunshot after
gunshot. I said 'My son, my son!' Didn't they know that my son had
mental health issues?"


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