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At least 80 dead in Philippines war on drugs
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2017
» MANILA -- Police killed at least 13 people in Manila on the third night of an escalation in President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs and crime, taking the toll for one of the bloodiest weeks so far to 80, Reuters witnesses and media reported on Friday.
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Philippine police to get body cameras in bloody war on drugs
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2017
» MANILA: The Philippine Congress approved a bill that removes a proposed 900 million pesos (5.8 billion baht) for the police war on drugs, now that police are no longer leading the operation, but which provides them with body cameras to record arrests.
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Philippine police to wear body cameras in war on drugs
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2018
» MANILA: Philippine police will soon have to wear body cameras during anti-narcotics operations and visit suspects' homes only in the daytime, in an effort to erase doubts about the conduct of those on the front lines of a bloody war on drugs.
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Whistleblowers expose Philippines' war on drugs
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2017
» MANILA - The Philippine police have received cash payments for executing drug suspects, planted evidence at crime scenes and carried out most of the killings they have long blamed on vigilantes, said two senior officers who are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs."
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Drugs war leaders get key posts in Philippine police reshuffle
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» MANILA: Police at the helm of the Philippine war on drugs were given top posts in the national force on Thursday, indicating no let-up in a brutal crackdown that has caused international alarm, and defined Rodrigo Duterte's 21-month presidency.
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Philippines drugs war to target 'big fish'
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2017
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's ferocious war on drugs will shift to a higher gear to target "big fish", officials said on Thursday, moving away from street level operations to go after big networks and suppliers.
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Filipinos doubt police accounts of drugs war deaths - poll
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2017
» MANILA: Around half of Filipinos believe many people killed in the country's war on drugs were neither drug dealers nor violently resisted arrest as police maintain, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday.
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Executions still 'rampant' in Philippine drug war: Amnesty
Reuters, Published on 08/07/2019
» MANILA: Impunity and unlawful killings continue unabated three years into the Philippines' war on drugs, with a pattern of executions under the guise of police sting operations and a state unwilling to investigate them, a report said on Monday.
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Bullets trump rehabilitation in drug war
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2016
» The Philippines is the site of the latest "war on drugs" escalation. It has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighbouring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
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Philippine anti-narcotics chief warns of drugs war slowdown
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2017
» MANILA: The head of the Philippines' anti-narcotics agency on Friday warned of a reduced intensity in the country's war on drugs after a removal of police from the campaign, which he hoped would only be temporary as his unit lacked manpower.
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