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| Amnesty sounds alarm as Indonesia slays drug suspects |
| 2017-08-17 |
| [Al Jazeera] The rights group said on Wednesday that police had killed at least 60 suspects this year, compared to 18 in all of 2016. The group warned that Indonesian authorities could be looking to emulate the "war on drugs" in the Philippines, in which thousands have been killed. "This shocking escalation in unlawful killings by the police sounds serious alarms bells," said Usman Hamid, Amnesty's Indonesia director. The group said it had collected data of the killings. Shooting people on sight is not only unlawful, said Hamid, "it will also do nothing to address the root causes that lead to drug use in the first place". |
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