A human rights watchdog has accused police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify unlawful killings in the government’s bloody war on drugs and pointed the finger at President Rodrigo Duterte as being ultimately responsible.
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday in a report that Duterte and other senior officials instigated and incited the killings of drug suspects in a campaign that could amount to crimes against humanity.
Police have repeatedly carried out extrajudicial killings of drug suspects, then falsely claimed self-defence, and planted guns, spent bullets or drugs on the bodies.
“Our investigations into the Philippine drug war
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/02/philippines-drug-suspects-039routinely039-killed-by-police/
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