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Rodrigo Duterte: Ex-Philippine president faces court for crimes against humanity (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Zapados@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drug use is culturally viewed much differently than it is in Western countries. Something as benign as cannabis use is often considered as bad as fentanyl. What Duterte did was give law enforcement the authority to execute anyone suspected of drug use or dealing. You didn’t have to be proven to deal or use drugs.

The war on drugs the United States had was nothing alike. Duterte literally had people killed to stop drug use.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you for clarifying the part before the justice.