A Philippine court on Thursday convicted three police officers of murdering a 17-year-old boy during a crackdown on narcotics in a slum neighbourhood in 2017.
The verdict marks the first conviction of police officers under President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illicit drugs, which has left nearly 5,000 people dead since July 2016.
National police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde vowed the conviction wouldRead more
Thousands of Filipinos Saturday called for an end to extrajudicial killings as the funeral of a boy killed by police turned into the largest single demonstration yet against President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war.
The killing of 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos last week triggered rare protests against Duterte's controversial but popular campaign to eradicate drugs, with critics saying it highlightedRead more