A report by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has found “near impunity” in the Philippine government’s handling of drug war killings. | CMRamosINQ
—where authorities were convicted for the killing of a drug suspect in a police operation.
“Such ill-defined and ominous language, coupled with repeated verbal encouragement by the highest level of State officials to use lethal force, may have emboldened police to treat the circular as permission to kill,” the report stated. The council’s analysis showed that the police “repeatedly recovered guns bearing the same serial numbers from different victims in different locations.”
The report likewise recommended that the government “undertake a comprehensive review of legislation and policies relating to narcotics, including revisiting the mandatory penalties for drug offenses.”
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