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15/09/2016 GMT

Drug Deaths in the Philippines

BBC World Service - The Thought Show, Drug Deaths in the Philippines

How many people have died in the Philippines during President Duterte’s drug crackdown?

How many people have died in the Philippines during President Duterte’s drug crackdown? Also, why sightings of suspicious clowns have left a US community in fear.

How many people have died in the Philippines since  the Government encouraged  the police to clampdown on the illegal drug  trade?  The new President, Rodrigo Duterte, went as far as saying that citizens could shoot and kill drug dealers who resisted arrest. The press have reported  that many thousands are the victims of extra-judicial killings but exactly how high is the death toll likely  to be?  

Sightings of suspicious clowns have left a US community in fear. Is the town the victim of a viral elaborate prank, or witnessing an outbreak of mass hysteria? 

And why do we find certain types of voices or accents annoying ? Does that irritation reveal more about the speaker or about our own biases and prejudices and are irritating voices the same the world over? 

(Photo: A Filipino human rights advocate holds a placard as he joins a demonstration in front of the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters, protesting the number of deaths related to government's war against illegal drugs. Credit: European Photopress Agency)

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