An international human rights monitoring group has claimed that the Philippine National Police has underreported the number of drug war deaths under the current administration, saying that other observations suggest a higher number. READ:
“The police reported that 46 people were killed during anti-drug operations since Marcos took office on June 30. But this is far below the estimate of the [UP] Third World Studies Center, whose Dahas program monitors’ drug war’ violence. The program tallied that 127 people were killed in ‘drug war’ incidents from July 1, the day after Marcos was sworn in, to November 7,” he added.
“Even if one accepts the PNP’s figures, calling this death toll ‘very minimal’ smacks of insensitivity and callousness. Since the anti-drug campaign began seven years ago under then-president Rodrigo Duterte, thousands of families of people gunned down have been crying out for justice,” he claimed.
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