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The phenomenon of 'red-tagging', labelling individuals or groups as communists or terrorists, has posed a serious threat to civil society and freedom of expression.

President Duterte has ordered police and military officials in the Philippines to shoot 'troublemakers' protesting during the country’s coronavirus quarantine.

Duterte's ‘war on drugs’ is a war on the poor, marked by human rights violations and rampant impunity for the police and other high-ranking officials, says Amnesty International.

Amnesty International says the Philippine government’s ‘war on drugs’ remains a murderous war on the poor, with killings of mostly poor and marginalised people continuing without credible, impartial and effective investigations into them.