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September 28, 2017 Dispatches

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September 25, 2017 Dispatches

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September 9, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Abusive ‘Drug War’ Targets Children

2 New Summary Killings Heighten Urgency of UN Inquiry

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September 7, 2017 Commentary

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's 'War on Drugs'

President Rodrigo Duterte gives a press conference on the ongoing drug war in the Philippines in July 2016. Photo by King Rodriguez, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
August 23, 2017 Commentary

Duterte’s ‘Drug War’ Migrates to Indonesia

An officer from the police mobile brigade patrols in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 30, 2017.
August 18, 2017 Commentary

Duterte Expands ‘Drug War’ to a War on Accountability

President Rodrigo Duterte salutes the honor guards at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila, Philippines, May 24, 2017.
August 17, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Duterte Threatens Human Rights Community

Call for Police to Shoot Activists ‘Reprehensible’

Catholic nuns hold placards as they protest against drug-related extrajudicial killings, on International Human Rights Day in Manila, Philippines, December 10, 2016.
August 11, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students

Duterte’s Campus Anti-Drug Plans Threaten Student Safety, Education Rights

Students protest extrajudicial killings at a university in metro Manila, Philippines, September 30, 2016.
August 9, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Sinister Slide Toward Philippine-Style Drug Slayings

Jakarta Police Chief Pledges to Protect Officers Who Shoot Suspects

An officer from the police mobile brigade patrols in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 30, 2017.
July 31, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine Police Kill Another City Mayor

Questions Arise Around Reliability of Police’s Account of Raid, Killings

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July 24, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine President Duterte Doubles Down on Abusive ‘Drug War’

Vows Murderous Campaign Will Remain ‘Unrelenting’ in State of the Nation Address

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to protesters after he delivered his State of the Nation address at the Congress in Quezon city, Metro Manila Philippines July 24, 2017.
July 21, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Police Chief Touts Killing Drug Dealers as Crime Solution

Praises Philippine President Duterte’s Murderous ‘Drug War’

Indonesia’s National Police chief, Gen. Tito Karnavian, at police headquarters in Jakarta, October 17, 2016.
July 20, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Consequences of the “War on Drugs” in the Philippines

Human Rights Watch Statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

July 13, 2017 Dispatches

Philippines’ Abusive Drug War Breeds Injustice

Police Linked to Mayor’s Murder Returning to Work

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald dela Rosa announced the re-launch of police anti-narcotics operations during a news conference inside the PNP headquarters in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines March 6, 2017.
June 28, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Duterte’s First Year a Human Rights Calamity

Summary Killings, Prison Overcrowding, Assaults on Critics

A victim’s relative cries behind the police line at the site of a drug-related shooting in metro Manila, Philippines, June 19, 2017.

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