Filipino activists call for justice ahead of Senate probe into drug war killings

Record ID: 907465

  • Title: Filipino activists call for justice ahead of Senate probe into drug war killings
  • Date: 23rd August 2017
  • Summary: FILIPINO ACTIVIST HOLDING BANNER WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF DRUG WAR VICTIM KIAN DELOS SANTOS
  • Embargoed: 6th September 2017 12:33
  • Keywords: drugs war Duterte drugs war boy killed in drugs war war on drugs Philippine protest Philippines
  • Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026VDMXJ9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Filipino activists held a rally in front of the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Manila on Wednesday (August 23), ahead of a Senate probe into the recent surge of deaths in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
    The activists demanded justice for 17-year-old high school student Kian Delos Santos who was among the 80 killed last week in so-called one-time big-time anti-drug operations in Manila and surrounding provinces.
    Delos Santos' death has made national headlines and prompted several protests after CCTV footage showed plain-clothed policemen dragging the student to a dark alley where he was later found riddled with bullets.
    Senators allied and opposed to Duterte has called for a hearing on the killings on Thursday (August 24), almost a year after the firebrand leader began his bloody crackdown on narcotics that has already killed 12,000, including a Korean businessman in February.
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