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Amnesty International on Rodrigo Duterte

Amnesty International on Rodrigo Duterte

Amnesty International on Rodrigo Duterte Amnesty International on Rodrigo Duterte, 16.06 MB
Friday, June 30, 2017

Today has marked one year since Rodrigo Duterte came to power as President of the Philippines.In that time thousands of people have been killed in his “War on Drugs” because Duterte had explicitly approved this  violence and has led to extrajudicial executions, during the government’s anti-drug campaign. He introduced martial law and the Senate has been asked to consider reinstating the death penalty. Tess spoke to Amnesty International’s campaigner Wilnor Papa about human rights impacts and needs.