Manila, Philippines [LC] Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Manila today to condemn the killing of a 17-year-old student, Kian Delos Santos, and to voice opposition to the government’s ongoing violent drug war led by President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte’s campaign against drug suspects has claimed thousands of lives, with police killing an estimated 3,451 people from July 1 to July 26, 2017 alone. Another estimated 2,000 have died in drug-related killings, allegedly by masked policemen or hired hit men, according to human rights groups. Last week, police killed in one day a record 32 people in drug raids, according … Continue reading Bloodiest week in the Philippines’ War on Drugs