Sri Lanka want to copy, criticized the narco war

"Sri Lanka want to copy, criticized the narco war"

"It's bloody, brutal and can be investigated as a human rights violations. But the Sri Lankan president feel rather inspired than daunted by Rodrigo Dutertes controversial so-called war against drugs in the Philippines."

"Thousands of people have been killed in what human rights groups describe as extrajudicial executions, Rodrigo Dutertes ruthless campaign against drugs in the Philippines. The criticism has come from many quarters, and last year, the International criminal court (ICC) that an investigation would be launched to determine whether the president can be accused of human rights violations."

"But there are also those who are inspired by the Dutertes hard-line style. When the philippine president earlier in the week received his sri lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena duggade praises and handslagen tight."

"– The war that you're against crime and drugs is an example for the whole world, and for me personally, said Sirisena during a banquet, according to the british newspaper The Guardian."

"– Knarkhotet starts in my country and I feel that we ought to follow in your footsteps to take control of the danger."

"both the issue of consensus on how the problem is tackled opens to the Philippines and Sri Lanka in the future can work together to respond to the international drug trade, replicated Duterte in a statement. Sri Lanka has increasingly turned into a transit point for drug traffickers in Asia, according to data from the country's authorities."

"And it was not the first time that Sirisena expressed admiration for his filipino colleague. In July last year, the sri lankan president that the country would begin to execute convicted narkotikabrottslingar – something he described as an attempt to repeat the Philippines '"

"the Police in the Philippines have increased powers when it comes to raids and arrests linked to drug-related crime. Officially, more than 5,000 people have been killed since the campaign began in 2016, most of the police – but rättighetsgrupper and others believe that the real figure is much higher. Their estimates usually vary between 12 000 and 20 000, and they believe that the undocumented cases of people who have fallen victim to "

"Those who have been killed have mainly been poor."

"The philippine government has consistently denied the widespread criticism and claims that the crackdown is in full accordance with the law."

"No country in the world should try to take after Duterte, says Carlos Conde of Human Rights Watch."

"– What they have accomplished is incredible suffering, done more violence to the rule of law and ensuring that human rights are shrinking."

"Between 2005 and 2015 was ruled Sri Lanka by the president Mahinda Rajapaksa. But an increasingly authoritarian leadership style led to that he lost power in January 2015. Today the country is ruled by president Maithripala Sirisena and his government, which, however, are struggling with serious internal conflict, which in the autumn of 2018 resulted in the political crisis."

"the Infighting between the Sirisena and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe came to a head when the president, in violation of the constitution, kicked Wickremesinghe and replaced him with ex-president Rajapaksa. But Wickremesinghe refused to leave his post and Rajapaksa was unable to rule because he lacked a majority in parliament."

"At the beginning of december, the us court of appeals that Rajapaksa had not the power to act as prime minister so long as his contentious government could not prove its legitimacy. Later the same month, stated the HD that Sirisena had violated the constitution when he in november, dissolved parliament and called for new elections. On december 16, reinstalled Wickremesinghe as prime minister since Rajapaksa annexed after the HD-judgment."