The sister of Jefferson Bunuan carrying his photo as they prepare to take his body to Manilla South Cemetery. August 1, 2016.
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Police personnel at a crime scene after unidentified gunmen on motorcycles fatally shot Edgardo Santos in the head at about 4:30 p.m. in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, November 11, 2016.
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People who voluntarily surrendered during Operation Double Barrel Tokhang sign an affidavit admitting that they've used drugs and that they will cooperate with the authorities in their anti-drug campaign, July 27, 2016.
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Jayson Asuncion, 37, surrendered to police after admitting his use of shabu, or methamphetamine, for several years, September 15, 2016.
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A family picture with the coffin of 5-year old Danica Mae Garcia after a pre-burial mass. An unidentified gunman targeting Garcia’s grandfather, Maximo Garcia, killed her while the family sat down to lunch at their home in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. The attack came just three days after Maximo Garcia had registered with local police in response to their suspicions of his involvement in the drug trade. August 31, 2016.
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Detainees in Police Station 6 in Santa Ana, Manila, July 27, 2016.
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A small sachet of shabu, a form of methamphetamine, is found wrapped in a 500 peso bill found in Jayson Reuyan's pocket after he was killed in Five masked armed men broke into a house in Bulacan an alleged drug buy-bust operation by the police, January 13, 2017.
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The body of Edwin Mendoza lies covered with cardboard boxes after he was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in front of a convenience store on Airport Road, Paranaque, Metro Manila. A sachet of shabu was allegedly found at the crime scene, October 18, 2016.
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Bodies of unclaimed drug campaign victims lie beneath graves at a Manila cemetery, January 24, 2017.
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A tally board of the number of admitted drug users and dealers who surrendered in Operation Tokhang hangs inside the police station in Pasig, Metro Manila, September 17, 2016.
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A wreath sent by the Presidential Palace for the September 25, 2016 funeral of police officer Romeo Mandapat Jr, who was killed during a drug bust operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila.
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Police crime scene investigators under Jones Bridge in Binondo, Manila after police shot dead suspected drug dealers Cyril Raymundo, Eduardo Aquino and Edgar Cumbis in a “buy-bust” operation. December 5, 2016.
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The sister of Jefferson Bunuan carrying his photo as they prepare to take his body to Manilla South Cemetery. August 1, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Police personnel at a crime scene after unidentified gunmen on motorcycles fatally shot Edgardo Santos in the head at about 4:30 p.m. in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, November 11, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
People who voluntarily surrendered during Operation Double Barrel Tokhang sign an affidavit admitting that they've used drugs and that they will cooperate with the authorities in their anti-drug campaign, July 27, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Jayson Asuncion, 37, surrendered to police after admitting his use of shabu, or methamphetamine, for several years, September 15, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A family picture with the coffin of 5-year old Danica Mae Garcia after a pre-burial mass. An unidentified gunman targeting Garcia’s grandfather, Maximo Garcia, killed her while the family sat down to lunch at their home in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. The attack came just three days after Maximo Garcia had registered with local police in response to their suspicions of his involvement in the drug trade. August 31, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Detainees in Police Station 6 in Santa Ana, Manila, July 27, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A small sachet of shabu, a form of methamphetamine, is found wrapped in a 500 peso bill found in Jayson Reuyan's pocket after he was killed in Five masked armed men broke into a house in Bulacan an alleged drug buy-bust operation by the police, January 13, 2017.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
The body of Edwin Mendoza lies covered with cardboard boxes after he was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in front of a convenience store on Airport Road, Paranaque, Metro Manila. A sachet of shabu was allegedly found at the crime scene, October 18, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Bodies of unclaimed drug campaign victims lie beneath graves at a Manila cemetery, January 24, 2017.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A tally board of the number of admitted drug users and dealers who surrendered in Operation Tokhang hangs inside the police station in Pasig, Metro Manila, September 17, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A wreath sent by the Presidential Palace for the September 25, 2016 funeral of police officer Romeo Mandapat Jr, who was killed during a drug bust operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Police crime scene investigators under Jones Bridge in Binondo, Manila after police shot dead suspected drug dealers Cyril Raymundo, Eduardo Aquino and Edgar Cumbis in a “buy-bust” operation. December 5, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
The sister of Jefferson Bunuan carrying his photo as they prepare to take his body to Manilla South Cemetery. August 1, 2016.
© 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Since the inauguration of President Rodrigo Duterte on June 30, 2016, and his call for a “war on drugs,” Philippine National Police officers and unidentified “vigilantes” have killed over 7,000 people. The anti-drug campaign dubbed “Operation Double Barrel” has targeted suspected drug dealers and users ostensibly for arrest but in practice has been a campaign of extrajudicial execution in impoverished areas of Manila and other urban areas. Duterte’s outspoken endorsement of the campaign implicates him and other senior officials in possible incitement to violence, instigation of murder, and in command responsibility for crimes against humanity.