Drug war victim’s dad gets corrected death certificate

Drug war victim’s dad gets corrected death certificate

MANILA, Philippines — The father of a drug war victim received last week the corrected death certificate of his son, almost nine years after the child was killed by a stray bullet in a shootout and his body released only on the condition that bronchopneumonia would be cited as the cause of death, according to

Truth Commission on drug war pushed

(UPDATE) AS the International Criminal Court (ICC) case against former president Rodrigo Duterte gathers momentum, human rights lawyer Katrina Conti, who represents victims of the Philippine drug war, has added her voice to calls to establish a Truth Commission. In an interview, Conti emphasized that while Duterte's trial is a milestone for international justice, it alone cannot capture the full scale or systemic nature of the atrocities committ…