Duterte has previously threatened to arrest any investigators from the International Criminal Court, which has expressed interest in probing thousands of drug war deaths. Among the recent victims of the drug war was a three-year-old girl, who was shot dead by police officers during a drug raid. The drug war has been the signature policy of Duterte, who won office in 2016 vowing to eliminate the narcotics scourge and exterminate drug dealers. The Amnesty report examined 20 cases covering 27 killings from May 2018 to April 2019. “There was a palpable sense of despair and helplessness at the prospect of any form of domestic accountability,” said Rawya Rageh, one of the researchers behind the Amnesty report.

Source: National Post July 08, 2019 21:22 UTC