Editing Rodrigo Duterte (section)

===Drug war in the Philippines===
According to the Philippine National Police, the death toll of Duterte's drug war surpassed 7,000 by January 2017, after which the police stopped publishing data. Multiple media sources have cited that the casualties included convicted drug pushers, suspects and underage children. The first official casualty of Duterte's drug war was found three hours after his inauguration, several blocks away from the Malacañang Palace. During the first months of Duterte's reign, 

The police consistently claimed those who were killed either resisted arrest or endangered the police with guns, even though several surveillance footages and circumstantial witnesses have tried to disprove this narrative.<ref>https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/21/18/palace-no-justice-for-slain-nanlaban-drug-suspects</ref> Following criticism from United Nations human rights experts that extrajudicial killings had increased since his election, Duterte threatened to withdraw the Philippines from the UN and form a new organization with China and African nations. He has declared his intention to pursue an "independent foreign policy", and sought to distance the Philippines from the United States and European nations and pursue closer ties with China and Russia.