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People hold sign as they gather to condemn the death of Naqibullah Mehsud, whose family said was killed by police in a so-called "encounter killing", during a grand jirga (tribal assembly or public meeting) in Karachi, Pakistan January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Campaign against Pashtuns undermines rule of law

by Rahim Nasar February 11, 2018February 12, 2018

Relatives and loved ones of Leover Miranda, 39, who was killed in a drug raid, call for an end to President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs, during a funeral march in metro Manila on August 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Philippines, World

World must pressure Philippines on drug war accountability

by Phelim Kine February 8, 2018

Catholic nuns in a healing protest in Manila on November 5, 2017.Catholic bishops led thousands of Philippine worshippers in calling for an end to killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war as they urged police and troops to stop the violence. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, World

After fiery start, Duterte warms to God

by Bong S Sarmiento January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a news conference before his departure to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam, November 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Dondi Tawatao

AT Finance, Philippines, South Asia

No law too high for Duterte

by George Amurao November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Protesters display placards and chant slogans as they march towards the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead in a recent escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Philippines

Minor killings a major problem for Duterte

by Jason Castaneda September 19, 2017February 18, 2020

A boy shows the media a school ID card of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the 91 people shot dead this week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs in Caloocan city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

One too many killings in the Philippines

by George Amurao August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Residents and protesters hold lighted candles at the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs in Caloocan city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, China, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea

Tide turns on Duterte’s lethal drug war

by Jason Castaneda August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Police and paramilitary forces in parts of India have been accused of rights abuses up to and including extrajudicial killings, often in non-Hindu areas. Here students hurl stones toward police during a protest in Chandigarh on April 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ajay Verma

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Colonial-era legislation infects army mindset in Manipur

by Kadayam Subramanian April 16, 2017April 17, 2017

Retired policeman Arturo Lascanas speaks during an interview with Reuters at a safehouse in an undisclosed place in Metro Manila. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia

Futile confessions of a Filipino hitman

by Felipe Villamor March 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Protestors hold mock hammers with words 'No Hero' in front of a portrait of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as they denounce his burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' cemetery) during a protest outside the presidential palace in metro Manila, Philippines November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco - RTSSQLS

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Duterte’s strongman tactics echo past repression

by Felipe Villamor February 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A Reaper Drone is pictured at the French Air base detachment on November 23, 2014 in Niamey. French troops intervened in the nearby country, Mali, in January 2013 to chase out hardline Islamists, including Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which had seized control of the country's northern desert cities. This intervention was replaced several months ago by a wider counter-terrorism operation, codenamed Barkhane, in five countries along the southern rim of the Sahara -- Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP

China, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The targeted killings bandwagon: who’s next after France?

by Ariel Colonomos February 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Police torches lights up the body of a suspected drug dealer, killed by two men on motorcycles in Quezon City, Manila. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

Duterte’s abusive ‘war on drugs’ risks foreign aid

by Phelim Kine December 19, 2016December 19, 2016

AT Finance, China, Germany, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Duterte’s team on the defense after leader’s Hitler remark

by Lorenz Niel Santos October 2, 2016February 18, 2020