A lawyers’ group said that 59 of the 133 lawyers killed in the Philippines since the 1980s were slain under Rodrigo Duterte's term.
Catholic priest Flaviano"Flavie" Villanueva comforts relatives as they receive the urn containing the remains of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings at a church in Quezon city, Philippines, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. A program was created to assist in getting a final resting place for exhumed remains of alleged victims of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's"war on drugs.
The lawyers’ group reported to its members in a conference on Saturday that 59 of the 133 lawyers killed in the country since 1984 were slain under Duterte. With the advent of social media, threats have become prevalent online with member lawyers becoming frequent targets of false accusations “and wrongful branding as terrorists, communists or destabilizers,” Pinlac said.
Under Duterte, a number of lawyers who represented suspected drug dealers or were linked to the illegal drug trade were among those gunned down. Others came under attack after being linked to communist insurgents.
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