| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | War on Drugs
The War on Drugs in Southeast Asia
The War on Drugs in Southeast Asia
While most of the world’s attention has been focused on the carnage of the Philippine Drug War, which under President Rodrigo Duterte has resulted in an estimated 13,000 deaths from anti-narcotics operations and extrajudicial killings since June 2016, Duterte’s extreme solution to the country’s drug problem may only be the most conspicuous and controversial in a region with a history of draconian drug laws and anti-drug campaigns. (New Naratif, UK, 29.01.2018)
https://newnaratif.com/journalism/the-war-on-drugs-in-southeast-asia/