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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Gomez and Joeal Calupitan

Philippine bishop and ex-ICC judge lead new inquiry into thousands of Duterte-era killings

Philippines Drug Killings - (AP)

A group led by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines launched a fact-finding body Wednesday to document accounts of witnesses and other details of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drugs crackdown that the government can use to prosecute law enforcers.

Duterte, who ended his stormy six-year presidency in 2022, was arrested last year and taken to the Netherlands, where he is facing trial before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity over the killings.

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