Davao Death Squad

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Outrage After Philippine Police Linked To Killing Reinstated

Legislators and human rights advocates angrily denounced the Philippine government on Friday for reinstating 19...

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Philippine Lawyer Accuses Duterte of ‘mass Murder’ At ICC

A Philippine lawyer on Monday filed a complaint at the world's only permanent war crimes court against President...

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Philippines Complains Drug War Reports Hurting Tourism

The Philippines tourism secretary urged the media Wednesday to "tone down" coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte's...

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Philippine Lawmakers Punished For Opposing Death Penalty

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's ruling party stripped a dozen lawmakers of congressional leadership posts for...

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From High-Flying Lawyer To Rights Crusader

Philippine drug war critic Leila de Lima was a highly paid lawyer who switched focus mid-career to human rights, a...

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New Witness Is Key To Duterte Death Squad Probe

A probe into whether Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ran a death squad is making progress following crucial...

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Philippines’ Duterte Ordered Murders

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ran a death squad that killed many people, including a journalist and a pregnant...

International

Philippine Police ‘planned’ Drug War Killings

Amnesty International has accused the Philippine police of "systematically planning" extrajudicial killings in the...

International

Duterte Ordered Hundreds of Murders

Edgar Matobato's days are spent -- for now, at least -- in a verdant, bucolic compound some way outside Manila....

International

Shocking Claims Leveled Against President Duterte

Two-hundred bullets fired into an official. A corpse-eating crocodile. A billionaire killed in a lover's tiff. They're...