Duterte says will never apologize for drug war deaths

Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Rise Up, an organization composed of families who say their loved ones were victims of President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, say their prayers at the Commission on Human Rights headquarters in Quezon City on Oct. 29, 2021. The group continued their call for a halt to the killings as they remember their departed in the coming Undas. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/01/05/20211029-undas-rise-up-chr-jc-4.jpg"/><figcaption>Rise Up, an organization composed of families who say their loved ones were victims of President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, say their prayers at the Commission on Human Rights headquarters in Quezon City on Oct. 29, 2021. The group continued their call for a halt to the killings as they remember their departed in the coming Undas. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he will never apologize for the deaths of suspected drug users and dealers killed in police operations under his war on drugs that has alarmed rights groups.</p><p>More than 6,200 drug suspects have died in anti-narcotics sting operations since Duterte took office in June 2016 until November 2021, government data shows.</p><p>&quot;I will never, never apologize for the deaths,&quot; Duterte said in a weekly national address. &quot;Kill me, jail me, I will never apologize.&quot;</p><p>Rights groups and critics say law enforcers have summarily executed drug suspects, but police say those killed were armed and had violently resisted arrest.</p><p>Duterte, in his first national address this year, vowed to protect law enforcers doing their duty, telling them to fight back when their life is in danger.</p><p>Duterte, 76, won the presidency by a wide margin in 2016 on a platform of anti-corruption and law and order.</p><p>The firebrand leader is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election next year. Analysts say an ally getting elected could protect Duterte from any legal action over his anti-narcotics program. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/16/21/next-president-will-have-very-big-say-on-ph-cooperation-with-icc-diokno">Next president ‘will have very big say’ on PH cooperation with ICC: Diokno</a></li></ul><p>Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in September approved a formal investigation into Duterte&#x27;s war on drugs. The ICC <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/20/21/icc-hold-on-ph-drug-war-probe-part-of-due-process">suspended</a> the probe in November following a request by the Philippines, which cited its own investigations.</p><p>Duterte unilaterally cancelled the Philippines&#x27; ICC membership in March 2018, a month after its prosecutor said a preliminary examination over the drugs war was under way.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/04/21/duterte-tells-icc-manigas-na-kayo">Duterte tells ICC: &#x27;Manigas na kayo&#x27; </a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1819889" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Duterte says will never apologize for drug war deaths

Duterte says will never apologize for drug war deaths

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Published Jan 05, 2022 10:10 AM PHT

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