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Duterte’s drug war wasn’t about drugs

The former Philippine president’s crimes have finally caught up with him. But his war was never about the drugs

Salon · Mar 22, 2025

The senator, the priest, the forensic pathologist: the people who brought ex-president Duterte to justice

For years many brave Filipinos have worked tirelessly, in and out of the spotlight, to expose the horrors of the deadly campaign

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025

Philippines on high alert as Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter says he was forcibly taken to The Hague

Sara Duterte says she is following her father to the Netherlands to secure his release

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

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‘They were shot in the head’: morgue gives up truth of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war

Crusading pathologist Raquel Fortun finds evidence of multiple murder at the direction of ‘a madman’ in the exhumed remains of young Filipinos

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

How this forensics expert unearthed a drug war mystery while cleaning exhumed bodies in the Philippines

The truth about the tragic death of a young Philippine boy — and dozens more caught up in Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs — has come to light thanks to one woman and a makeshift ward.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2023

Philippines: Unapproved probe into killings unacceptable

The Philippine justice secretary says any investigation violating the country’s sovereignty by the International Criminal Court into the widespread killings of suspects during an anti-drug crackdown under former President Rodrigo Duterte would be “totally unacceptable.”

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Body of Philippine teen exhumed in fresh push for drug war justice

The body of a teenager killed in a high-profile shooting during the Philippines' war on drugs five years ago was exhumed for autopsy on Monday as his family seek to learn more about his death and hold others accountable.

Reuters · Aug 15, 2022

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