Our violent and murderous state of affairshome/Opinion/Op-Ed Columns/Our violent and murderous state of affairsICELAND and the countries that supported the resolution for the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the Philippines’ bloody war on drugs should not be surprised that the decision was met with strong words of rejection and condemnation from the government. The list of drug suspects is “bottomless”— as the original targets are eliminated, new ones are added. These three cases present clear proof of the involvement of the police in liquidating drug suspects. Also in Cebu, the police have been arresting drug suspects in their homes without any warrants. The police keep confiscating huge quantities of shabu even after three years of the war on drugs and the reported neutralization of numerous drug syndicates.

Source: Manila Times July 21, 2019 16:14 UTC