Duterte tells human rights campaigners he will Kill them
Duterte tells human rights campaigners he will KILL THEM for interfering with his bloody war on drug pushers in the Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to kill human rights campaigners for hindering his war on drug pushers
They lined up to condemn Duterte for his extraordinary threat and said they wouldn't be intimidated by him
Duterte won election after vowing to slaughter drug suspects and called on police and civilians to kill users
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Controversial Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to kill human rights campaigners for hindering his bloody war on drugs.
Duterte issued the astonishing warning as the death toll from his crackdown climbed above 4,800 - an average of 30 deaths a day - since it began five months ago.
In an extraordinary message to campaigners, he said: 'The human rights [defenders] say I kill. If I say 'OK, I'll stop', they [drug users] will multiply.
'When harvest time comes, there will be more of them who will die. Then I will include you among them because you let them multiply.'
Campaign groups lined up to condemn the 71-year-old lawyer.
Amnesty International Philippines said: 'This pronouncement is...inciting hate towards anyone who expresses dissent on his war against drugs.'
The National Alliance against Killings Philippines, a newly formed coalition of rights groups, said it took the threat very seriously and called on Duterte to revoke it.
It said: 'His comment - that human rights is part of the drug problem and, as such, human rights advocates should be targeted too - can be interpreted as a declaration of an open season on human rights defenders.'
Father Atilano Fajardo of the archdiocese of Manila, who works with urban poor groups, said those trying to protect the vulnerable would not be intimidated.
'This (threat) is a continuation of his effort to create a culture of fear, a culture of violence. We will not let this come to pass,' he told AFP.
Fajardo said the Catholic Church, which counts more than 70 per cent of Filipinos in its number, has become more vocal in its opposition to Duterte's controversial crackdown on drugs.
'He cannot just frighten us. The priests and nuns will speak out,' he said.
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Last week he met Russian President Vladimir Putin who he referred to as 'my favourite hero'.
In an attack on the US, he said: 'Historically I have been identified with the western world. It was good until it lasted.
'And of late I see a lot of these western nations bullying small nations. And not only that, they are into so much hypocrisy.'
Duterte also claimed the US 'forced' the Philippines to contribute soldiers in its wars in Vietnam and Iraq.
I may have read the article wrong, but aren't they just going after unconfirmed suspects as well? It seems like it's very easy to pin an accusation on someone and murder them quickly. Maybe not genocide, but something that is still awful.
I'm screaming at all these world leaders being trash. Maybe the true face of society if finally showing itself through who we elect/have power I guess...
I'm screaming at all these world leaders being trash. Maybe the true face of society if finally showing itself through who we elect/have power I guess...
I work with a lady from the Philippines...she days she says she "loves President Duterte. He is going to kill all the druglords and make the country a cleaner place."
I work with a lady from the Philippines...she days she says she "loves President Duterte. He is going to kill all the druglords and make the country a cleaner place."
