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A Regional Trial Court in Caloocan, Philippines, sentences a police officer to life imprisonment for torturing and fabricating evidence on drug war victims Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman in 2017.
2022-11-24

Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1972 by the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, nationwide protests are conducted by various groups against the government's implementation of war on drugs and the ongoing martial law in the whole of Mindanao under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
2017-09-21

Hundreds of sympathizers attend the funeral procession of a teenager killed allegedly due to the ongoing drug purge in the Philippines.
2017-08-26

After the shooting of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old student, in the campaign against drugs in the Philippines, thousands of marchers protest in EDSA heeding calls from the Philippine Catholic Church to criticize the drug war.
2017-08-21

At least 25 people are killed and 48 are arrested by the Philippine National Police Manila Police District in consecutive anti-drug operations in Manila within 24 hours.
2017-08-17

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte suspends the war on drugs so resources can focus on ridding “corrupt” officers from the Philippine National Police. The "cause célèbre" is the kidnapping and strangulation of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo last October.
2017-01-30

The Commission on Human Rights launches an investigation into alleged murders committed by current Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
2016-12-22

The United States Department of State expresses "concern" over extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.
2016-08-9

The Philippines' current crackdown on controlled substances passes a death toll of 500.
2016-07-21