Amnesty documents extrajudicial killings and disproportionate harm to poor people under Duterte
Reporting and findings
- reported
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.
Summary and current status
The report predates Trump's call and supplies documented harm context for the anti-drug campaign discussed by the two presidents.
Amnesty reported 33 cases after 110 interviews on January 31, 2017
People and organizations
- 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
Figures
Cases documented by Amnesty33 cases Calculation details
- 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.