The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called out the Philippine National Police (PNP) for supposedly undercounting the number of fatalities in anti-illegal drug operations since the start of Marcos administration.
In a statement, HRW Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson said an independent institute has monitored 127 deaths from July 1 to November 7, which is higher than the 46 reported by the PNP for the same period.
“But this is far below the estimate of the University of the Philippines’ 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,” he said.in the over 18,500 police operations since the start of the Marcos administration.Robertson said authorities did not take actions to shift its focus on rehabilitation and their efforts are just “rights abusing” because they are involuntary, coercive, and expose drug users to further stigma.
GMA News Online has sought comments from PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo and Public Information Office chief Police Colonel Redrico Maranan, but they have yet to respond as of posting time.
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