Ex-Philippine President Long Wanted by International Criminal Court Arrested at Manila Airport
Rodrigo Duterte began fending off charges of ‘crimes against humanity’ from when he was mayor of Davao and campaigned for president in 2016 on promises to broaden his ‘war on drugs’ to cover the entire country.
The International Criminal Court has finally got its man — almost. A former Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, wanted for the slaughter of thousands of people in a “war on drugs” that he waged as mayor of the southern port city of Davao and then in six years as president between 2016 and 2022, was arrested as he arrived at Manila Airport after speech-making at Hong Kong.
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