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Against narcotics, but also killings: Filipinos deeply conflicted on Rodrigo Duterte's drug war
Jailed drug user Bitoy Paras perks up when describing his support for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on narcotics, an unlikely fan of a campaign that has left Filipinos deeply conflicted. "Duterte talks tough, saying he will get rid of addicts ... I am ...
Philippines' Duterte calls God 'stupid,' faces uproar in Asia's biggest Catholic nation
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sparked an uproar in Asia's biggest Catholic nation after he called God "stupid," prompting a rebuke from church officials who have been instrumental in toppling past leaders. In an expletive-laden speech last Friday before government officials, Duterte expressed disbelief in ...
Philippines' Duterte calls U.N. rights chief 'empty-headed' and speaks of wish for 'revenge'
President Rodrigo Duterte has launched a foul-mouthed attack on the U.N. human rights chief, calling him "empty-headed" in a row over international criticism of the Philippine leader's deadly drug war. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner on human rights, last month said Duterte ...
Duterte to withdraw Philippines from International Criminal Court
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will withdraw from the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Rome Statute, officials said on Wednesday, due to what he said were attacks by U.N. officials and violations of due process by the ICC. The ICC on Feb. 8 started a preliminary examination ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal Court because "not in a million years" would it have jurisdiction to indict him. The fiery-tempered leader is the subject of a Philippine lawyer's complaint to ...
Manila says it welcomes U.N. probe into killings in drug war — but not by current special rapporteur
The Philippines will allow an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in its bloody war on drugs, but not if it is conducted by the United Nations' current special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, a senior official has said. More than 30 mostly Western countries have ...
Philippines 'concerned' as U.S. intelligence tags Duterte a threat to democracy
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is taking seriously the U.S. Intelligence Community's report tagging the firebrand leader a threat to democracy in Southeast Asia, his spokesman said on Wednesday. The report, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, places Duterte alongside Cambodian's Hun ...
U.S. 'cautiously optimistic' over reduction in Philippine extrajudicial killings
The U.S. government is "cautiously optimistic" on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs following a decline in extrajudicial killings, a U.S. senior narcotics official said Tuesday. Washington has shifted away millions of dollars in funding for law enforcement from a drug control program of ...
Philippine survey shows big support for Duterte's bloody drug war
Nearly 9 out of 10 Filipinos support Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, and almost three quarters believe extrajudicial killings are taking place in the bloody crackdown, an opinion poll showed Monday. Duterte's signature campaign has killed thousands of Filipinos and caused international alarm, ...
More than a thousand join funeral procession for Philippine teen slain by drug cops
More than a thousand mourners attended a funeral procession in a northern Manila suburb on Saturday for a high school student whose killing a week earlier by anti-drug officers has caused rare public outrage about the country's war on drugs. Kian Loyd delos Santos was ...
Duterte says Manila and Beijing in talks for joint exploration of South China Sea
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said that talks are already under way with China on a possible joint venture to explore for resources in areas of the South China Sea that are disputed between the two countries. Duterte made the statement at a news conference ...
Bad medicine: Philippine police use hospitals to hide drug war killings
The residents of Old Balara hid in their homes when gunfire erupted in their Manila district last September. They didn't see the police operation that killed seven drug suspects that night. But they witnessed the gory aftermath and it haunts them still. That night, Herlina Alim ...
