The dark legacy of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
While in power, former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte ordered the murder of thousands of people without trial. Journalist Patricia Evangelista chronicles the leader's bloody 'war on drugs' in her memoir "Some People Need Killing."
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.
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| 0:27.2 | This is on point. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 0:30.2 | Patricia Evangelista is a trauma journalist and a former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company |
| 0:36.8 | Rappler. |
| 0:38.7 | Beginning in 2016, Patricia reported on former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called War on Drugs. |
| 0:46.0 | And we will be talking about what Patricia saw during that time. |
| 0:50.0 | So as a warning, we may actually also discuss some graphic descriptions of violence, and therefore this hour may not be appropriate for all listeners. |
| 1:01.0 | But Patricia shares her story about her life during that time and about her |
| 1:06.6 | country during that time in the new memoir Some people need killing a memoir of murder in my country. |
| 1:14.1 | Patricia, welcome to Onpoint. |
| 1:16.3 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:19.5 | You start the book with a young 11 year old girl named Love love and you describe how when you meet |
| 1:27.0 | her you kneel down and you tell her your name in order to open up at least some kind of rapport between you and |
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