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President Trump’s Troubling ‘Bromance’ with Philippines’ Drug War Strongman
The Philippines’ inimitable President Rodrigo Duterte is being his usual charming self. The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes…
May 8, 2017
Philippines: Legal Challenge to Deadly Drug War
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte remains intransigent on his ultra-murderous “drug war,” which has unleashed police and paramilitary terror on low-level dealers and…
April 25, 2017
Impeachment Proceedings Begin Against Philippine Drug-War Strongman
A lawmaker in the Philippines filed impeachment proceedings on Thursday against President Rodrigo Duterte over killings carried out in the name of…
March 16, 2017
Philippine Police Face Lawsuit Campaign Over Drug Killings
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A group of Philippine human rights lawyers filed murder complaints Tuesday against eight policemen…
March 14, 2017
Philippines Marshals Troops in Deadly Anti-Drugs Crackdown
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ main antinarcotics agency signed an agreement with the military Tuesday to harness…
March 1, 2017
Philippines: Legal Persecution of Drug War Critic
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued an urgent statement calling on Philippine authorities to drop “politically motivated” charges against one…
February 22, 2017
Philippines: Ex-Cop Says President Paid Him, Others to Kill Crime Suspects
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A retired Philippine police officer said Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was…
February 21, 2017
Philippine Senator Charged with Accepting Drug-Linked Bribes
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ former justice secretary, a senator and prominent critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s…
February 20, 2017
Philippines: Duterte to Mobilize Army in Drug War
There was recently a sign that the Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte was going to rein in his murderous police in…
February 6, 2017
Philippines: Duterte Blinks in Deadly Drug War?
The Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte may have finally gone too far. It is all too telling that…
February 1, 2017