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"Hitler massacred three million
Jews... there's three million drug addicts [in the
Philippines]... I'd be happy to slaughter them."
These are the words of Rodrigo Duterte, President of the
Philippines, shortly after he assumed office in 2016. In the
four years since then, Duterte has thrown himself into making
good on this sickening and genocidal promise. As of this
writing, Duterte's so-called "War on Drugs" has claimed
the lives of almost 10,000 people — and that's just according
to government sources. Human rights groups
fear the real number could be as high as three times that.
These individuals are murdered without being given a fair
trial, officially charged with a crime, or even arrested.
And then, in many cases, their corpses are
unceremoniously tossed into mass graves.
Families describe being woken up
in the dead of the night as heavily-armed state agents descend
on their home, pulling a beloved parent, sibling, or cousin
out into the darkness, never to be seen again. The government
has alleged that these extrajudicial killings are warranted
because the humans whose lives they took are supposedly
addicted to drugs or involved in the illegal drug trade. But
most of these charges are falsified, and additionally, drug
addiction is a disease — not a crime. Civil rights groups in
the country are begging for international assistance.
Sign the petition urging the United Nations
Human Rights Council to investigate these horrific humans
rights violations now!
Thank you for all that you do,
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Miranda
B.
The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. Philippine
President Duterte has bragged about orchestrating a new
genocide in his country. It's time for the United Nations to get involved
before the bodies pile even higher. |
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