PHILIPPINE LEADER RODRIGO DUTERTE ORDERS TO KILL REBELS

  • 08/03/2021

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the use of "lethal force" during police raids on Sunday that left at least nine activists dead as catholic leaders joined the condemnation of the killings.Human Rights groups are outraged over the deaths of what they said were legitimate activists under the guise of counter-insurgency operations, which came two days after Duterte told security forces they could kill rebels if they were holding a gun and to "ignore human rights".

"The president's 'kill, kill, kill' order is legal because it was directed at armed rebels," his spokesman Harry Roque said in a briefing, adding the government would still investigate the incident.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, an influential church group, in a statement denounced the use of what it called unnecessary force and violence during "Bloody Sunday".

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