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Fear and defiance for families of Philippine drug war dead


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This photo taken on June 10, 2022 shows relatives of a victim of the government's drug war carrying a box containing the remains after they were exhumed at Bagbag Cemetery in Novaliches, Metro Manila. Official data show more than 6,200 people have died in police anti-narcotics operations since outgoing-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was swept to power in 2016 promising to rid the country of drugs.

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MANILA, Philippines — Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice. 

 

Bonifacio is pursuing the men in court in the hope of proving they unlawfully killed her loved ones -- a rare example of officers tasked with carrying out Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war facing trial.

 

Official data show more than 6,200 people have died in police anti-narcotics operations since Duterte swept to power in 2016 promising to rid the country of drugs.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/06/27/2191267/fear-and-defiance-families-philippine-drug-war-dead

 

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