In the Philippines, tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities across the country Thursday, warning that President Rodrigo Duterte was on the brink of imposing a dictatorship. The mass protests came on the 45th anniversary of nationwide military rule imposed by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Organizers pledged that future anti-Duterte rallies will be even bigger.
Duterte has already declared martial law over the Philippines’ Mindanao region, and he’s threatened to expand a bloody so-called war on drugs that’s seen police and vigilantes kill at least 12,500 people since Duterte took office last year.
— source democracynow.org 2017-09-23