Amnesty documents extrajudicial killings and disproportionate harm to poor people under Duterte
The report predates Trump's call and supplies documented harm context for the anti-drug campaign discussed by the two presidents.
Entities and roles
- Amnesty review of Philippine drug-war killingscase-based watchdog investigation
- Rodrigo Dutertepresident under whose anti-drug campaign the cases occurred
Relationships in this file
- Rodrigo Duterteadministration's anti-drug campaign examined by AmnestyAmnesty review of Philippine drug-war killings
Claims and evidence
- analysisreported
Based on 110 interviews and 33 documented cases, Amnesty International concluded that many drug-war killings after Rodrigo Duterte took office were extrajudicial executions directly implicating police and that the campaign disproportionately targeted poor people.
Measurements
Cases documented by Amnesty33 cases - Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Drug-related killing cases examined in Amnesty International's 2017 Philippines report
- Period
- 2016-07-01 to 2017-01-31
- Method
- Count reported in Amnesty's investigation, which drew on 110 interviews and documented 33 cases.
- Uncertainty
- A purposive case-review count, not an estimate of the campaign's full death toll.