MANILA—One of the founding members of a Filipino lawyers’ group at the forefront of opposing President Rodrigo Duterte’s lethal war on drugs was gunned down Tuesday, killed by three bullets as he was leaving his office for the night. The lawyer, Benjamin Ramos, 56, was the 34th lawyer killed since Duterte became president two years ago. Benjamin Ramos, who worked with the National Union of People’s Lawyers, was the 34th lawyer to be killed for being an open critic of the ruling party. Article Continued BelowJose Manuel Diokno, a human rights lawyer for another organization, the Free Legal Assistance Group, said he was outraged by the killing. “There is no other choice.” The group Human Rights Watch said Ramos’ killing was proof that impunity existed under Duterte’s drug war.

Source: thestar November 08, 2018 04:10 UTC