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[basiliosepe]

One Year Later - Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s victory in the 2016 national elections was built on the back of promises to eliminate the drug problem in the country. The centerpiece of his program of government was suppressing crime, illegal drugs and corruption. He believes these are the problems holding back the growth of the economy.

To install law and order, the president launched a war against criminals, drug lords and corrupt government officials using the forces under his disposal - the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Since taking power, his mantra of making the country free from illegal drugs and criminality at any cost has been unchanged. More than a year into his term, the government’s anti-narcotics drive has resulted to more than twelve thousand deaths. The president even went as far as to declaring the innocents killed in his war on drugs as collateral damage, either dying during encounters with local authorities or being killed by unidentified gunmen.

Despite local and foreign allegations, the killings continue claiming more lives everyday and leaving families in mourning.

Photos/Basilio H. Sepe

[san1322-blog]

RepostSave from ezra_acayan with repostsaveapp ・・・ “Paano mamamaril anak ko? Napakabait nan." Jun and Resie Martinez with a picture of their 14 year old son Sean Christian Martinez, who was shot dead by police officers during an armed encounter in Dasmarinas, Cavite last Palm Sunday. According to police, Christian and a 15 year old companion tried to run away from cops manning a checkpoint which led to a pursuit. Police officers said they were surprised that the boy fired at them, using no less than a .45 calibre Remington pistol. This prompted them to return fire which resulted in the boy's death. Police said one of their officers was shot in the leg during the shootout. Christian suffered at least eight gunshot wounds. "Naghirap ako para sa kanila (mga anak ko), 'di para patayin sila." Jun was very close to his son Christian, who would sometimes call his father "utol". Jun insists that Christian had no gun, that he was a good and loving son who did well in school and was loved by plenty of his peers. Christian dreamed of serving in the military. Asked why he wanted to become a soldier, "masama ang mga pulis" was his son's reply. — #everydayimpunity #killings #police #children #everydayphilippines #everydayasia #everydayeverywhere

[san1322-blog]

RepostSave from Sir ezra_acayan orig post ・・・ Very honoured to be chosen as this year’s Young Photographer of the Year at the @istanbulphotoawards for my continued reportage on the “war” on drugs. Big congrats to the other winners, most especially to @damirsagolj whom I’ve been fortunate enough to work with early in my career and who pushed me to pursue the story relentlessly. — 📸: Ginnalyn Soriano weeps over the body of her elder brother Julius, who allegedly fought back and was killed by police during what they said was a drug buy-bust operation. At the morgue, the family noticed Julius’ wrists had cuff marks. The arm had a bullet wound too, and the slug was still embedded in his arm right where the cuff mark was, suggesting that the cuffs had stopped the bullet. — #everydayimpunity

[basiliosepe]

Summary Execution in Marikina - Members of the scene-of-the-crime operatives investigate the body of Noel Dumate, 43, who was killed by gunmen riding on motorcycles along Kabayani Road, Purok 5 in Marikina City. Four more suspected drug personalities were killed that night on the same street in just a span of one hour. 

Photos/Basilio H. Sepe

[basiliosepe]

Scenes from the night Nicodemus Ampuan, 49, was killed. Ampuan's niece, who was there the night her uncle was killed, said she was sleeping when she heard gunshots. She saw eight masked men leaving on four motorcycles after shooting her uncle inside their house at Barangay 20, in Caloocan City, Metro Manila. 

Photos/Basilio H. Sepe