Hongkong rights group slams Davao for killings

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission

PHILIPPINES: Police and prosecutor’s failure emboldens killings of alleged criminals

In recent months several dead bodies had been found in the streets of Manila with placards about their necks or bodies suggesting that they were criminals. When two corpses were found at the Manila’s downtown area in Sta. Cruz district, the placards suggests they were thieves and warning others, supposedly not to do the same, or they would suffer the same fate. Four days earlier, two more corpses were found in Greater Lagro in nearby city of Quezon, also in Manila. The report suggests they are victims of summary executions.
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