Human Rights Watch: Philippines - 'Drug War' Killings Rise During Pandemic
January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (TNSRep) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Jan. 13:
The Philippine government's "drug war" killings intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as did unnecessary arrests during lockdowns, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021. Attacks by the police, military, and unidentified gunmen on leftist activists, community and Indigenous leaders, human rights defenders, and journalists also increased during the year . . .
The Philippine government's "drug war" killings intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as did unnecessary arrests during lockdowns, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021. Attacks by the police, military, and unidentified gunmen on leftist activists, community and Indigenous leaders, human rights defenders, and journalists also increased during the year . . .