Editing Death squad (section)

==== Philippines ====
[[File:Rodrigo Duterte warns government officials engaged in corrupt practices in a news conference 30 September 2016.jpg|thumb|President [[Rodrigo Duterte]]]]{{Main|Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines}}
There are certain vigilante death squads that are active in the Philippines, especially in [[Davao City]] where [[Davao Death Squad|local death squads]] roam around the city to hunt criminals.

After winning the Presidency in June 2016, [[Rodrigo Duterte]] had urged, "If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents to do it would be too painful."<ref>{{cite news|title=Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte urged people to kill drug addicts|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-urges-people-to-kill-drug-addicts|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=1 July 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140423/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-urges-people-to-kill-drug-addicts|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 2017, the death toll for the [[Philippine Drug War]] passed 8,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Between Duterte and a death squad, a Philippine mayor fights drug-war violence |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-mayor-idUSKBN16N33I |work=Reuters |date=16 March 2017 |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-date=16 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316234452/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-mayor-idUSKBN16N33I |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cev9g1ez2d2o|title=Philippines' Duterte admits to drug war 'death squad'|date=29 October 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>