‘CARDBOARD JUSTICE’ IN A ‘SHOOT-TO-KILL REPUBLIC’
When will mass executions become a crime against humanity?
BODIES pile up as police and vigilantes gun down illegal drugs suspects. Many hooded with plastic or tied hand-and-foot, complete with the cardboard that labels the dead and proclaims the crime. Many victims were unidentified and evidences against them were not publicized.
Sobering questions were raised separately by Sen. Leila de Lima and English billionaire philanthropist Richard Branson. De Lima asked how many more deaths would constitute a crime against humanity. Branson said Duterte’s formula is not the answer. “It’s a bitter lesson learned by various countries, from the U.S. to Latin America,” he said.