U.N. Critical Of Philippines President Duterte's Drug Dealer Killings

The Philippines’ head diplomat says the country will not leave the United Nations, even though the country’s new president, Rodrigo Duterte, threatened to do so.

Duterte was elected in May after vowing to "solve drugs, criminality, and corruption in three to six months" by whatever means necessary. Since then, 850 criminal suspects have been killed by police, according to the U.N. The group called for an end to the Philippines' killings.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Phelim Kine, deputy director of the Asia division for Human Rights Watch, about the scope of the killings and whether anything can be done to stop them.

Phelim Kine, deputy director of the Asia division for Human Rights Watch. He tweets @PhelimKine. Human Rights Watch tweets @hrw.