Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Romeo Ranoco / Reuters Drug policy groups and rights advocates are calling on Netflix to cancel a controversial new show, Amo , that they say normalizes Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs. Since 2016, at least 4,000 people suspected of using drugs have been killed by police in the Philippines, and human rights researchers say thousands more have been killed by armed vigilantes. Police claim all of the people they have killed violently resisted arrest. Duterte's campaign has come under heavy criticism both within the Philippines and internationally for its brutality, and the fact that it has targeted impoverished Filipinos, many of whom are suspected drug users rather than dealers. But Duterte's overall approval rating in the Philippines remains high, and there is broad popular support there for the drug war. Amo , the first production from the Philippines to stream globally as a Netflix Original, follows ...
Comments
Post a Comment