The
Philippines president's war against drugs has reached new macabre
heights with the death toll surging above 3,700 and he is now
sensationally halting the nation's military alliance with the US after
65 years.
The
bombastic president Rodrigo Duterte, has sensationally disparaged the
country's alliance with the US ordering its troops to leave his shores.
The
potential ending of an alliance comes as a reaction to the
international outrage of the slaughter of drug addicts and criminals at
the hands of vigilantes and police in the Philippines.
The Philippines' death toll has
reached more than 3,700 in less than three months The United Nations,
the US, the European Union and the Catholic Church have all condemned
the potential breach of human rights
Filipinos cuffed and rounded up in Manila during the drug crackdown ordered by the president
The fear of
being shot has triggered drug dealers to turn themselves into police,
with more than 26,000 people arrested and hundreds of thousands turning
themselves into authorities
The
Filipino president, dubbed 'The Punisher', has been heavily lambasted
for his ruthless crackdown on drugs with the Philippines' death toll
reaching more than 3,700 in less than three months, according to Al Jazeera.
Duterte
ordered the drug crackdown as an election promise fuelling widespread
bloodshed - equating to 36 Filipinos dying every day in his first 100
days in office - and the terror can be seen in the graphic photos
below.
Duterte's
drug raids come after he said at least 3.7 million Filipinos have
become addicted to methamphetamine, known locally as shabu.
He
has claimed to have encouraged citizens to take matters into their own
hands with the help of police and alleged secret death squads.
The Huffington Post report
that the killings occur in 'encounters' with motorcycle vigilante
gunmen or killed by trained police or unofficial death squads.
Crowds gather around a suspected drug dealer killed in the violent drug raids in the Philippines
Authorities carry a dead man killed in the violent drug raids in the Philippines
Police look to enter a house to take a grandfather to a police station as part of the crackdown
Terror has taken over the Philippines with more than 26,000 people arrested and 3,700 dead
The unofficial death toll in the Philippines is reported to have reached 3,700 since the raids started just over 100 days ago
The slaughter has equated to roughly 36 Filipinos killed everyday since Duterte took over as leader of the nation
Two motor cyclists gunned down in Manila as a result of the 'war on drugs' crackdown
Cases
include a five-year-old girl tragically killed as gunman opened fire
on her grandfather and a father and son smoking shabu beaten and shot to
death in police custody.
The
fear of being shot has triggered drug dealers to turn themselves into
police, with more than 26,000 people arrested and tens of thousands
turning themselves into authorities.
This had lead to despicable conditions in jails and the limited 44 rehabilitation centres across the nation.
The
fear tactic has seen Duterte's popularity sky-rocket, with a Social
Weather Stations Survey in late September showed 8/10 Filipino residents
are satisfied with the campaign promise to crackdown on drug users and
dealers.
Incredibly the fear tactic has seen
Duterte's popularity sky-rocket with 8/10 Filipino residents are
satisfied with the campaign promise to crackdown on drug addicts and
dealers
Drug addicts and dealers are turning themselves in as they are scared they will be shot or beat up in the violent drug raids
In a
speech in Davao - a city where reportedly death squads were sanctioned -
Duterte responded to claims of his comparison to Hitler.
'Hitler massacred three million Jews, now, there is three million drug addicts. I'd be happy to slaughter them," he said.
While
both figures were incorrect, he continued to say, 'At least if Germany
had Hitler, the Philippines would have...", where he reportedly pointed
to himself, according to the BBC.
However,
the international community has slammed Duterte's maligned war on
drugs, which has seen armed police sanctioned to target and raid drug
dealers.
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