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MANILA, Philippines - Criminals have no humanity so killing them is not a crime, President Duterte said yesterday as he railed against the report of a rights watchdog that the country faces a “human rights calamity.”
Malacañang also branded as “thoughtless and irresponsible” the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the Philippines, which said Duterte could be held liable for extrajudicial killings.
Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said President Duterte’s war on drugs is not a war against humanity but one meant “to protect humanity from a modern-day evil.”
“To say otherwise is to undermine society’s legitimate desire to be free from fear and to pander to the interests of the criminals,” Abella said in a statement.
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