Advocacy Group: The Philippines, a "Much More Dangerous Place" Under Duterte

Advocacy Group: The Philippines is a "Much More Dangerous Place" Under Duterte

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has made the country a "much more dangerous place" in the space of Only two years ago Joel Noel Olano, section director of AI Philippines, pointed out that Duterte's human rights program "went downhill" despite his promise to be sensitive to the state of Duterte. He also said that the head of the executive "has actively created a climate where everyone can kill or be killed" – with the poor being the obvious prey.

"This situation has given everyone the opportunity to commit human rights violations and violations with impunity where the social and political division thrives, leading to Duterte was widely criticized for his brutal campaign against illegal drugs, which have claimed the lives of thousands of people – mostly urban poor.

The number of victims is more than 12,000, according to the rights-of-custody dogs But the police have lower numbers – about 4,300 "drug personalities" killed in "legitimate drug operations."

Alleged killings of police and armed individuals continuing, intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders In recent months , priests and local government officials were killed in firearm attacks, which led groups and individuals to suspect that the The tenacious leader's statements had something to do with the culture of impunity. "Abandoning the values ​​and principles of human rights is a failure on its part and is very expensive to essentially guarantee that no one can be safe because the country has become a much more dangerous place," he said. Olano

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Palace: There is no truth to the declaration of AI [19659008] Malacañang challenged Friday the "obse" There is no truth in the statement of Amnesty International that President Rodrigo Duterte made the Philippines a much more dangerous place, "said Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque

. , Roque cited a survey of social weather stations that showed that victims of common law crimes reached a record 6.1% in 2017. But the survey found that 6.6% or 1, 5 million Filipinos have been victims of common crimes. pickpocketing or robbery, break-ins, carnapping and physical violence. However, the figure is lower than the 7.6% recorded in December 2017, but 0.5 percentage points higher than the annual average last year.

The result of the same survey led Duterte to say that it was useless

That's the case, I am useless. I will ask you to join me. It is enough to resign, "he said last month

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The same investigation also revealed an increase in addiction. in the metropolitan region of Manila and Mindanao and had fallen to Libra Luzon and the Visayas, a region that he routinely denounced as the focus of the narcotics problem in the country.

Roque also insisted that the campaign against drugs "He will not tolerate and will never tolerate extrajudicial executions, because he maintains zero tolerance for wandering police who deviate from standard protocols and abuse their power, "he added. the spokesman for the president said.