The Dahas Project has recorded at least 97 drug-related killings in Davao City as of March 15, 2024, with all but one killed by state agents. The violence could get worse with the mayor's latest declaration of war against illegal drugs.
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There have been at least 97 drug-related killings in Davao City between July 1, 2022 and March 15, 2024, according to monitoring conducted by theof the University of the Philippines’ Third World Studies Center. This means that at least one person was killed a week since Baste Duterte took office. During Baste’s first 12 months in office, at least 53 people were already killed in Davao City alone – almost 15% of the totalThe younger Duterte on March 22 echoed the messaging of his father, warning alleged drug personalities to leave before he gets to them.
“With Mayor Duterte’s declaration of war against drugs in his city, we fear the violence will worsen and the impunity will persist,” he told Rappler on Monday. His violent war on drugs is currently under investigation at the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC is alsokillings in Davao City between 2011 and 2016 “given the similarities between those…and the nationwide war on drugs…and the overlap of individuals involved during both periods.”
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