Duterte and Extrajudicial Killings
Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on allegations of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs”.
During his Presidency, Duterte gave the police impunity to use extrajudicial killings in a war against drugs. And he told citizens that if the police are not around, they could kill drug suspects themselves.
During that time, police and vigilantes accounted for at least 27,000 killings without due process.
The families of the victims of extrajudicial killings have had faced threats from Duterte supporters due to their public stands against Duterte.
"Duterte Is Enjoying the Due Process He Denied to His Thousands of Victims" by Patricia Evangelista for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/opinion/duterte-icc-drugs-victims.ht…
"Duterte supporters harass drug war victims’ families post-arrest" by Jodesz Gavilan for Rappler
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/rodrigo-duterte-supporters-h…
"She thought Duterte targeted addicts only. Then her son was killed." by Lian Buan for Rappler
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/emily-soriano-duterte-drug-w…
"Remembering EJK victims" an editorial by the Philippines Daily Inquirer
https://opinion.inquirer.net/177999/remembering-ejk-victims
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