Thousands of Filipinos slam Duterte's drug war*

*Thousands of Filipinos slam Duterte's drug war* Thousands of people have protested in the Philippines on the 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the country while denouncing what they say are President Rodrigo Duterte's authoritarian tendencies and his bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. Hundreds of riot police on Thursday were deployed in the capital, Manila, to secure the marches and rallies, among the largest against Duterte since he took office last year. A group calling itself a "Movement Against Tyranny" used the anniversary to highlight human rights violations under Duterte's so-called drug war on drugs. According to police statistics, more than 3,000 suspects have been killed in anti-drug operations since Duterte became president on June 30, 2016. Another 2,000 more have died in drug-related homicides, according to government figures. Sylvester*