Things are happening so fast now, I can barely keep up. Now, former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested for crimes against humanity and as I write this, is on his way to the Hague to stand trial. He was at one time lauded as the answer to the proliferation of illegal drugs. But his methods were brutal, and saw a reign of terror unfold in the Philippines.
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250311-philippine-duterte-crimes-against-humanity
The 79-year-old faces a charge of "the crime against humanity of murder", according to the ICC, for a crackdown that rights groups estimate killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs.
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