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Brad Sherman: “Duterte has used his war on drugs to justify rampant human rights abuses including these what he calls extrajudicial…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
Duterte has used his war on drugs to justify rampant human rights abuses including these what he calls extrajudicial killings and the imprisonment of opposition figures.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman criticizes Duterte's policies leading to human rights violations.

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