VERA Files
To be a major assassin in the Davao Death Squad, Rodrigo Duterte insisted on one requirement: omerta.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has insisted that the “extremely serious” drug-related crimes committed during the Duterte administration were encouraged by the former president himself and other top state officials.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has allowed alleged victims of the drug war under the Duterte administration to present their views on the government’s opposition to the resumption of the tribunal’s investigation into the bloody campaign.
While they were quick to defend Duterte et al. from being prosecuted, they were too slow in taking up the cudgels for the victims who are mostly from poor families. That does not give a picture of a well-functioning and independent judicial system.
Foreigners in the country, mostly Chinese, are also getting killed in the bloody war against illegal drugs by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Several times, President Rodrigo Duterte has proudly taken responsibility for the killings in his bloody campaign against illegal drugs. It goes without saying, therefore, that the prosecution of the drug-related killings would have to reach his level.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) thinks it’s doing the Filipino people a favor in allowing the Department of Justice (DOJ) access to records of 61 cases of killings involving police officers in Duterte’s bloody drug war.
As the country grapples with record high numbers in COVID-19 cases that have forced the government to extend the highly-restrictive lockdown in the “NCR Plus” area, drug-related killings have not abated, reaching 186 in the first three months of this year.
Sinabi ng International Criminal Court (ICC) na inaasahan nitong magpasya “sa unang anim na buwan ng taong 2021” kung itutuloy ang pagsisiyasat sa mga hinihinalang krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na ginawa sa giyera kontra iligal na droga ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it expects to decide “in the first half of 2021” whether to pursue an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs.