MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine government's failure to prosecute soldiers responsible for hundreds of extrajudicial killings is causing fear of further abuses in rural communities, a human rights group said on Thursday.
"There is strong evidence of a 'dirty war' by the armed forces against left-leaning activists and journalists," said Sophie Richardson, deputy Asia director at U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, which has published a report into the murders.
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