No One Is Buying Duterte’s Denials Over Drug War Deaths

Expand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during the change of command ceremony of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines April 18, 2018. © 2018 Reuters Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has run up against the limits of his government’s campaign of denial and distraction to counter criticism of its ongoing “drug war” killings. Last week both the United States State Department and the European Parliament issued scathing criticisms of the “drug war” bloodshed and lack of accountability for those deaths. The European…

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