This documentary is an excellent piece of journalism. You see Duterte at length, threatening journalists doing their jobs. You see men (and a woman) describing how they were hired to kill alleged drug dealers, and how they carried out the killings. In some cases, police were accused of doing the killing.
Extrajudicial killings are not new to the Philippines. Police and the military in earlier times were linked to the killings of leftists and other opponents of government. UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston investigated in the Philippines and published a report in 2007.
It's a serious risk being a serious journalist in the Philippines. The ones who stood up to Duterte are to be commended.
Extrajudicial killings are not new to the Philippines. Police and the military in earlier times were linked to the killings of leftists and other opponents of government. UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston investigated in the Philippines and published a report in 2007.
It's a serious risk being a serious journalist in the Philippines. The ones who stood up to Duterte are to be commended.