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March 1, 2017
Photo Essay: “License to Kill”
Police personnel at a crime scene after unidentified gunmen on motorcycles fatally shot Edgardo Santos in the head at about 4:30 p.m. in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, November 11, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
People who voluntarily surrendered during Operation Double Barrel Tokhang sign an affidavit admitting that they've used drugs and that they will cooperate with the authorities in their anti-drug campaign, July 27, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Jayson Asuncion, 37, surrendered to police after admitting his use of shabu, or methamphetamine, for several years, September 15, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
The body of a suspected drug dealer killed after an alleged shootout with police in Caloocan, Metro Manila, September 9, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A family picture with the coffin of 5-year old Danica Mae Garcia after a pre-burial mass. An unidentified gunman targeting Garcia’s grandfather, Maximo Garcia, killed her while the family sat down to lunch at their home in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. The attack came just three days after Maximo Garcia had registered with local police in response to their suspicions of his involvement in the drug trade. August 31, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Detainees in Police Station 6 in Santa Ana, Manila, July 27, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A small sachet of shabu, a form of methamphetamine, is found wrapped in a 500 peso bill found in Jayson Reuyan's pocket after he was killed in Five masked armed men broke into a house in Bulacan an alleged drug buy-bust operation by the police, January 13, 2017. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
The body of Edwin Mendoza lies covered with cardboard boxes after he was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in front of a convenience store on Airport Road, Paranaque, Metro Manila. A sachet of shabu was allegedly found at the crime scene, October 18, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
The body of an unidentified man with face wrapped in packaging tape and hands tied found dumped in a narrow street in Pasay, Metro Manila, November 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Bodies of unclaimed drug campaign victims lie beneath graves at a Manila cemetery, January 24, 2017. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A tally board of the number of admitted drug users and dealers who surrendered in Operation Tokhang hangs inside the police station in Pasig, Metro Manila, September 17, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
A wreath sent by the Presidential Palace for the September 25, 2016 funeral of police officer Romeo Mandapat Jr, who was killed during a drug bust operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
Police crime scene investigators under Jones Bridge in Binondo, Manila after police shot dead suspected drug dealers Cyril Raymundo, Eduardo Aquino and Edgar Cumbis in a “buy-bust” operation. December 5, 2016. © 2016 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch
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Targeted Killings and Drones