UN accuses PI govt agencies of killing with ‘near impunity’ in drug war
The funeral procession of three-year-old Myca Ulpina, who died in a crossfire between police and illegal drugs suspects in 2019. The UN has accused Philippine law enforcement agencies of killing with near impunity in the drug war. – EPA pic, June 4, 2020.
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war has unleashed widespread and systematic killing with “near impunity” for offenders, a UN report said today, calling for an independent probe into human rights abuses. Police have been encouraged by the highest levels of government to use lethal force on drug suspects and thousands have been killed by officers and unknown gunmen since 2016, the UN human rights office said.
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