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The war on drugs in the Philippines

The war on drugs in the Philippines began when the new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, came to power in July 2016. [16] In just a few weeks from its inception, about 2 thousand people were killed [17] , in a few months more than 3.5 thousand people [18] . By August 2016, according to the authorities of the country, about 600,000 drug dealers surrendered to law enforcement agencies so as not to be killed during the government’s anti-drug campaign [16] .

The war on drugs in the Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte showing diagram of drug trade network 1 7.7.16.jpg
Duterte shows drug chart at a press conference July 7, 2016
date offrom July 1, 2016
A placePhilippines
StatusState fight against illicit traffic and drug use [1]
Parties to the conflict
Philippines Government of the philippines
  • Philippine National Police seal.svg Philippines National Police
  • Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) .svg Philippines Drug Agency
  • NBISeal.jpg National Bureau of Investigation
  • Philippines Armed Forces

Other supporters:

  • IOFM [2]
  • NFM [3]
  • Vigilantes [4]
  • Assassins [5]

Supported By:

  • United States of America USA [6]
  • Japan Japan [7]
  • Singapore Singapore [8]
  • China China [9]
  • Russia Russia [10]
Drug dealers and drug addicts
Key figures
  • Flag of the philippines.svg President Rodrigo Duterte
  • Philippine National Police seal.svg Director Oscar Albayalde
  • Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) .svg CEO Aaron N. Aquino
Losses
92 killed (Police and military) [11] [12]
  • 227 injured [11]
4,854 people died in official police operations ( According to the Government of the Philippines ) [13]

20,000 (According to Senator Antonio Trillanes ) [14] [15]

According to Western media , the police and the "people's squads" are actively using extrajudicial executions in relation to the alleged drug dealers [17] [19] . The actions of the authorities of the Philippines have fiercely criticized the UN , USA and the European Union for human rights violations [20] [21] . In response, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte made several harsh statements about the UN [22] , the US [23] and the EU [24] [25] , urged him not to interfere in the internal affairs of his country, and threatened to leave the UN [26] . Against the backdrop of a sharp deterioration in relations with the West, Duterte decided to change the priorities of the foreign policy of the Philippines , taking a course towards rapprochement with Russia and China [27] .

Content

  • 1 Background
    • 1.1 The situation in the region
    • 1.2 Drug situation in the Philippines
  • 2 The anti-drug campaign of Rodrigo Duterte
  • 3 See also
  • 4 notes
  • 5 Links

Background

The situation in the region

Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region have strong drug laws. In particular, the death penalty for drug trafficking is provided for in Indonesia , China , Vietnam , Singapore , Malaysia , and Thailand [28] . At different times, large-scale drug war campaigns took place in these states. So, in the 80s. Of the 20th century, a wave of extrajudicial executions of drug trafficking suspects swept through Indonesia, when thousands of people were killed in two years - from 1983 to 1985. In 2003, 1,200 people were killed in Thailand in one month of the anti-drug campaign, 13,000 were arrested and another 36,000 surrendered to the police [28] [29] .

Philippines drug situation

In 2002, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo signed the law to toughen penalties for drug owners by imposing the death penalty for possession of 10 grams of heroin or 50 grams of methamphetamine. Previously, capital punishment was imposed for the storage of over 200 g of methamphetamine and 40 g of heroin. This law was part of a government campaign to defeat the country's growing drug business, trying to turn the Philippines into a regional drug distribution center [30] . In 2006, the death penalty in the Philippines was abolished [31] [32] .

In 2014, of all drugs seized in the country, 8.9% were hemp, and 89% were methamphetamines [33] . Because of its popularity among the people of the Philippines, “Shabu” - a local type of methamphetamine - was called the “Filipino drug.” Initially, it was produced only in the Philippines and Indonesia, however, over time, the geography of the spread of the drug expanded, reaching Iran and Europe [34] . In 2009 - 2014, the Philippines were among the five countries where cocaine was delivered from Latin America [35] .

According to some estimates, by 2016 the Philippines had about 3 million drug addicts , and in poor areas up to 35% of the population is dependent on drugs [36] . At the same time, the cost of methamphetamine on the black market fell to $ 22 per gram. Thus, the drug became more accessible to the general public [36] .

Rodrigo Duterte Anti-Drug Campaign

The Filipino politician Rodrigo Duterte began the fight against drug trafficking as the mayor of Davao . For 22 years in this position, Duterte has the image of an implacable fighter against organized crime and drug trafficking. During his work as mayor, more than a thousand people were killed, who, according to police, were associated with the criminal world [37] . For his methods of combating crime, Duterte received the nickname "The Punisher " [38] ( Eng. The Punisher [39] ).

See also

  • War on drugs
  • Narcoyne in Mexico
  • Bangladesh Drug War

Notes

  1. ↑ Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte orders police back into deadly drug war (neopr.) . the Guardian ( December 6, 2017 ).
  2. ↑ MILF formally joins war on drugs , Philippine Daily Inquirer ( July 3, 2017 ). Date of treatment July 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ MNLF to help Gov't fight drugs, terrorism ( August 5, 2017 ).
  4. ↑ The Philippines' president has declared a war on drugs, and it's turned normal people into hired killers , Business Insider ( September 5, 2016 ). Date of treatment September 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Philippines: The police's murderous war on the poor (neopr.) . Amnesty International . Date of treatment February 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Nyshka Chandran . The US-Philippine relationship is central to two of Asia's thorniest issues , CNBC ( November 14, 2017 ). Date of treatment July 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Japan PM offers Philippine drug war support , Rappler ( January 17, 2017 ). Date of treatment July 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Paterno Esmaquel II . Singapore says it respects Philippines' drug war , Rappler ( March 21, 2017 ). Date of treatment July 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Richard Heydarian . Manila's war on drugs is helping to build bridges between China and the Philippines , South China Morning Post ( October 1, 2017 ). Date of treatment July 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ Russia ready to help in Duterte's drug war , Rappler. Date of treatment July 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ 1 2 Philippine News Agency #RealNumbersPH Archived July 28, 2018 on Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ 5 PDEA agents killed in Lanao del Sur ambush (neopr.) . Rapler Date of appeal October 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ Over 400 died in one month of drug war; death toll now at 4,800 - PNP »Manila Bulletin News
  14. ↑ PNP's drug war death toll tops 4,500 before SONA 2018 , Rappler.
  15. ↑ In Numbers Statistics of the Philippines war drugs (neopr.) . Rapler Date of appeal October 10, 2018.
  16. ↑ 1 2 In the Philippines, 600,000 drug dealers surrendered to the authorities (neopr.) . Meduza (August 23, 2015). Date of treatment September 7, 2016.
  17. ↑ 1 2 Drug War in the Philippines: “I kill for money” (neopr.) . Russian service of the BBC ( August 30, 2016 ). Date of treatment July 9, 2016.
  18. ↑ The Philippines, following Russia, may leave the International Criminal Court , TASS . Date of treatment November 17, 2016.
  19. ↑ The Guardian: covert police squads involved in drug killings in the Philippines (neopr.) . News.ru ( October 4, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  20. ↑ Media: 10 police units in the Philippines shoot addicts and potion traders (neopr.) . Rosbalt ( October 4, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  21. ↑ In the Philippines, more than 2 thousand people were killed (neopr.) In the fight against crime . RIA Novosti ( September 4, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ The UN responded to the president of the Philippines, who called Ban Ki-moon "fool" (neopr.) . Lenta.ru ( September 21, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  23. ↑ The President of the Philippines called Obama the son of a whore (neopr.) . Lenta.ru ( September 5, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  24. ↑ The President of the Philippines "sent" the European Union after criticizing the anti-drug campaign (Neopr.) . News.ru ( September 21, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  25. ↑ The President of the Philippines threatened UN and EU lawyers with interrogation (neopr.) . RIA Novosti ( September 22, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  26. ↑ The President of the Philippines did not rule out the country's withdrawal from the UN (neopr.) . Interfax ( August 21, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  27. ↑ Philippines opens in the opposite direction. President Rodrigo Duterte turns to Moscow and Beijing (Neopr.) . Kommersant ( September 28, 2016 ). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
  28. ↑ 1 2 Inspired by the example of the Philippines, Indonesia begins a war on drug traffickers (neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . News.ru (September 7, 2016). Date of treatment September 7, 2016. Archived on September 8, 2016.
  29. ↑ A thousand drug dealers (neopr.) Killed in Thailand . Russian service of the BBC (February 26, 2003). Date of treatment September 7, 2016.
  30. ↑ Philippines tightens punishment for possession of drugs (neopr.) . RIA Novosti (June 8, 2002). Date of treatment September 8, 2016.
  31. ↑ Countries that abolished and retain the death penalty - 2007 (Neopr.) . Amnesty International (September 19, 2007). Date of treatment September 8, 2016.
  32. ↑ The new president of the Philippines has promised to return the death penalty (neopr.) . Russian service of the BBC (June 16, 2016). Date of treatment September 8, 2016.
  33. ↑ On the streets of the Philippines, at the call of the new president, drug dealers and drug addicts are massively killed (neopr.) . News.ru (August 3, 2016). Date of treatment September 7, 2016.
  34. ↑ Shabu, the Filipino drug that now scares Italy (neopr.) . La Stampa (January 13, 2014). - Inopressa.ru . Date of treatment September 7, 2016.
  35. ↑ Philippines: massacres as a fight against drug mafia (neopr.) . RIA Novosti (August 24, 2016). Date of treatment October 9, 2016.
  36. ↑ 1 2 War news: kill 100 thousand criminals (unopened) . InoSMI.ru (August 29, 2016). Date of treatment September 7, 2016.
  37. ↑ The punisher broke into power. For which the new president of the Philippines does not like human rights activists and the Catholic Church (neopr.) . Lenta.ru (July 1, 2016). Date of appeal October 25, 2016.
  38. ↑ The president ordered the kill. Philippine "punisher", which the oligarchs seriously fear (neopr.) . Focus (magazine, Ukraine) (July 1, 2016). Date of appeal September 16, 2016.
  39. ↑ Rodrigo Duterte, 'the punisher', sworn in as Philippines' president . The Daily Telegraph (June 30, 2016). Date of appeal October 26, 2016.

Links

  • The Punisher and his war. The bloody fight against drug trafficking in the Philippines in pictures (neopr.) . Lenta.ru (September 8, 2016). Date of treatment October 10, 2016.
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War on Drugs_ on the Philippines&oldid = 102265996


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