Philippines: Independently Probe Police ‘Hitmen’

Expand Participants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines on February 24, 2018. © 2018 Reuters / Romeo Ranoco The Philippine government should create an independent commission to investigate the role of police officers in the killings of drug suspects, Human Rights Watch said today. A top law enforcement official recently admitted that police officers working for drug syndicates were responsible for many of the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines…

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