Drug war victims asked to submit views and concerns in Duterte case

Duterte Is Enjoying the Due Process He Denied to His Thousands of Victims

He died from a bullet to the back of the head and two in the chest. A watchlist of alleged drug users and dealers kept by local officials identified the dead man as “De Juan, Constantino, a.k.a. Juan,” 37, and a drug “pusher.” The police said that he was killed in a drug buy-bust operation at 9:05 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2016, in Manila, and that they fired at him because he pulled out a gun. According to the Philippine government, at least 6,252 people…

The Long Shadow of Duterte's Drug War : Up First from NPR

With the recent arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity, a spotlight is again on actions taken during his presidency. Even years after Duterte declared his war on drugs, the reverberations continue to tear through the country. The loved ones of those killed are still left seeking justice and the extra-judicial killings, commonly called EJKs, that defined Duterte's war continue to sow fear amongst the peo…

Drug war victims asked to submit views and concerns in Duterte case

(UPDATE) VICTIMS of former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs are encouraged to submit their views and concerns in the International Criminal Court (ICC) case against him. In a statement on her X platform on Saturday, the court's assistant to counsel Kristina Conti, said this "peculiar feature" of the ICC protects victims' interests. "Victims' participation in the [ICC] is a peculiar feature that protects the interests of the victims — to …

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Senate urged: Probe drug war killings, not Duterte arrest

The Senate is being urged to investigate the rampant killings of suspected users and pushers during the previous administration’s war on drugs, instead of tackling the alleged irregularities in the Philippine government’s arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte.