Drugs war used as front to attack community activists Drugs war used as front to attack community activists
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 04, 2017
Philippine security forces have long used the counterinsurgency against the Communist Party and New People’s Army as an excuse to attack activist groups. Now Karapatan and other leading rights groups have documented several cases of state and vigilante forces using the drug war as a front to arrest activists on trumped-up charges or violently attack them.