‘Criminals aren’t humanity’: Philippines shrugs off Amnesty’s ‘war on drugs’ report

‘The Philippines has dismissed a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday, which says the president’s anti-drug campaign may constitute crimes against humanity, arguing that criminals “are not humanity.”
When asked about the Amnesty report which expresses “deep concern” about President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre was quick to state that the campaign in no way represented crimes against humanity, despite the insinuations of the human rights organization.
“The criminals, the drug lords, drug pushers, they are not humanity. They are not humanity,” Aguirre told reporters on Wednesday, as quoted by AFP.’
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