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Delos

[ dee-los, del-ohs ]

noun

  1. a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.


Delos

/ ˈ徱ːɒ /

noun

  1. a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades: a commercial centre in ancient times; the legendary birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. Area: about 5 sq km (2 sq miles) Modern Greek nameDhílos
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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And yet, as of last year there have only been four convictions of police officers for unjust killings, including the trio who murdered Kian delos Santos.

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Father Villanueva, a priest, gestures during the funeral march for 17-year-old student Kian Delos Santos, who was killed allegedly by police officers during an anti-drug raid, in Manila on August 26, 2017.

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On the night of August 16th 2017, three police officers dragged 17-year-old schoolboy Kian delos Santos through a filthy alleyway in the sprawling Philippine capital of Manila and shot him three times in the head.

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Among those killed in the war on drugs was high-school student Kian delos Santos, whose death in 2017 led to the first convictions of police officers in the drugs war, and was featured in a report by a former ICC prosecutor.

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It is located next to the tiny and uninhabited island of Delos, an ancient commercial, religious and political center that is considered one of Greece’s most important archaeological sites.

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