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June 5, 2020

U.N. Reports Thousands Killed with Impunity in Philippines "War on Drugs" 
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A shocking new report by the United Nations says tens of thousands of
people in the Philippines may have been killed since mid-2016 as
President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed a "war on drugs," giving police the
power to arrest people and use lethal force with near impunity. The U.N.
report points to top government officials as instigators of extreme
violence, and a pattern among police of planting evidence in dozens of
murders to suggest officers were acting in self-defense. Among the dead
are over 70 children; the youngest victim was just 5 months old. 


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