I covered Duterte’s Rise. His victims’ families feared he was untouchable.

Duterte praise, PH election spin driven by fake accounts – study

BANGKOK — A sophisticated network of fake social media accounts sprang to the impassioned defense of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after he was sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges over his bloody drug war. Around a third of accounts discussing the arrest on the platform X, mostly praising Duterte and lambasting the court, were fake, according to research shared with Reuters by a tech firm that termed it a “deli…

I covered Duterte’s Rise. His victims’ families feared he was untouchable.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by Philippine authorities and flown to The Hague for his arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for his responsibility in the crime against humanity of murder allegedly committed between 2011 and 2019.

Lawyer: Bid to challenge jurisdiction of ICC to fail

(UPDATE) THE efforts of former president Rodrigo Duterte's defense team to undermine the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) or secure his temporary release are almost certain to fail, one of the lawyers representing drug war victims has argued. "I've studied jurisprudence. These motions — questioning jurisdiction, asking for interim liberty — are highly unlikely to succeed," Kristina Conti said in an interview. Conti said Dut…