A delegation of European Union (EU) lawmakers on Wednesday expressed “deep concern” about the Philippine government’s deadly war on drugs. READ:
PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL ANTONIO DE GUZMANon Wednesday expressed “deep concern” about the Philippine government’s deadly war on drugs.
Data from the Philippine government released in June 2021 showed at least 6,117 suspected drug dealers had been killed in police operations. Human rights groups estimate that as many as 30,000 suspects died. “We, as the European Union, are members of the Rome Statute. We support the ICC and we see this as a potential to support the investigations into the killings,” Ms. Neumann said.
He described the dialogue with the six EU lawmakers as “not necessarily tense” adding that it was a step in the right direction. Opposition Senator Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros-Baraquel, who met the delegates separately, told them the ICC investigation would help the country “exhaust all means” to give justice to victims.
She also refuted claims that extrajudicial killings have stopped under the government of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., noting that there have been “no definitive steps to exact justice for the victims of the bloody policies enacted under the war on drugs.”
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