Killings Of Suspected Drug Offenders By Police And Vigilantes Surge In The Philippines

Hundreds of people suspected of using or dealing drugs in the Philippines have been killed by police and vigilantes since Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential election less than three months ago on a vow to crack down on drug crimes, according to human rights groups.

“We are calling on the UN drug control bodies to publicly condemn these atrocities in the Philippines,” Ann Fordham, executive director of the International Drug Policy Consortium, a drug policy reform group, said in a statement. “This senseless killing cannot be justified as a drug control measure.”