Philippines to review thousands more ‘drug war’ killings, says justice minister
Officially, police have killed more than 6,000 people in the crackdown, but activists say many thousands more users were killed, execution style, by mysterious gunmen.
Philippine drug war dead exhumed as grave leases expire
Activists estimate tens of thousands of people have died since President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police to go after drug addicts and dealers in a widely-condemned campaign that has largely targeted poor men.
International court to probe Philippines anti-drug war ‘murders’
The drugs war is his signature policy, and he defends it fiercely against Western leaders and institutions he says do not care about his country.