President continues controversial declarations telling officers they are free to kill anyone who is violent while being detained. (Guardian, UK, 28.08.2017) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/28/philippines-duterte-orders-police-to-kill-idi…

Die indonesische Polizei hat laut Amnesty in diesem Jahr 60 mutmaßliche Drogenhändler erschossen. Damit folge das Land dem Beispiel der Philippinen. (Zeit online, 16.08.2017) http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2017-08/amnesty-internation…

What would you do if a group of policemen showed up at your doorstep and asked you to pee into a plastic cup for an on-the-spot drug test that could reveal whether or not you had taken shabu or marijuana in the last seven days?  That is the qu…

MANILA.  UNICEF Philippines is deeply concerned about the impact of the war on drugs on Filipino children. The death of 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos during the drug raid in Caloocan City and the circumstances of his untimely death in relation…

In a letter to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), a global network of 177 NGOs, expresses strong support for the Peace Accord signed by the Colombian government and the FARC, while also expr…

President admits 'abuses' in war on drugs as demonstrators say death toll has now reached 13,000. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/thousands-demand-killings-duterte-drug-war-170821124440845.html