; . (2) The United States continues to provide support via security assistance to the administration of Philippines President Duterte, whose brutal Drug War and other campaigns have taken the lives of over 30,000 urban poor, peasants, workers, indigenous and environmental activists as well as human rights defenders, religious leaders, and peace advocates. (3) Government agencies of the Philippines report 4,948 suspected drug users and dealers, including 60 children, died during police operations from July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2018, and according to Human Rights Watch, the Philippine National Police (PNP) have reported 22,983 deaths remain classified as homicides under investigation since the Drug War began. (4) As of April 2020, the Alliance for Advancement of People’s Rights ( Karapatan ) has documented 308 extrajudicial political killings, 439 victims of attempted politically motivated killings, 214 victims of torture, around 2,500 victims of illegal arrests, over 100,000 victims of threats and harassments, and nearly half a million internal refugees under the Duterte administration. (5) More than 16 mayors and vice mayors have been killed since President Duterte took office, and Duterte has personally spoke blatantly in press conferences advocating for the killing of Catholic bishops during a period where three Catholic priests were assassinated. (6) Labor leaders and legislators have also been amongst those attacked by the administration, with 30 labor leaders killed, 3 labor leaders being held as political prisoners, and Senator Leila De Lima who has been a staunch critic of the drug war killings having been detained for over 2 years. (7) The international NGO Global Witness has declared the Philippines to be the deadliest country in the world for defenders of human rights, the environment, and natural resources, with 13 environmentalists, 54 indigenous people, and 207 farmers and peasants extrajudicially killed since Duterte took office in 2016. Included in the targeting of environmental activists was