Duterte's War on Drugs is Not Over

More than 27,000 dead: this is the result of a two-year war on drugs in the Philippines. In 2016, Rodrigo Duterte became president of the Southeast Asian republic. His campaign promise to fight drugs with any means won him the election: he threatened those connected to drug consumption and sales with the death penalty, called for vigilante justice and allowed the police to act with brutality. Dealers and users were murdered. The United Nation appealed in vain to the Philippine government to investigate extrajudicial killings and to prosecute the perpetrators. The war continues.