Romel Lelis' Funeral Casket

Siony Lelis weeps over the corpse of her son Rommel Lelis, 34, who lies in an open casket at the funeral of him and his brother Ronaldo Jr, 29. Manilla, The Philippines. 17 September 2016.

The brothers were killed by police on 4th September, in what police claimed was a shoot-out. The Philippine Daily Enquirer newspaper reported that the men showed injuries consistent with torture and that the car police claimed they were killed in did not sustain any damage from gunshots. According to human rights groups and news outlets, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has claimed more than 12,000 lives as of January 2020.

Biography:
Shanghai-based Dave Tacon is a two-time Walkley Award winner, winner of a Foreign Press Association Award (UK), a Quill Award from the Melbourne Press Club, an EPSON International Pano Award, a Bronze Pencil at the One Show advertising awards in New York City, and is a twice finalist in Australia’s National Photographic Portrait Prize. His work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, Conde Nast Traveler, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Travel & Leisure, The Guardian, Stern, GEO, Der Spiegel, Al Jazeera, Good Weekend, Australian Financial Review and The Australian. Dave has also worked with NGO’s such as the Australian Red Cross, Oxfam, CARE Australia and Medicos del Mundo. His portrait and photo-documentary work is held in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, the National Library of Australia, State Library of Victoria, University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.