A woman weeps near the body of a man who police said was killed in a spate of drug related violence in Manila, Philippines August 16, 2017. PREUTERS/Dondi Tawatao
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has denounced what it called interference in its internal affairs by the European Parliament, which urged the Southeast Asian country to end "extrajudicial killings" and halt plans to bring back the death penalty.
Philippine police have killed about 4,100 people since President Rodrigo Duterte took power in late June 2016 in what the authorities say were shootouts during anti-narcotics operations. Activists say many of the killings were executions, which police deny.
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