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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Sui-Lee Wee |Camille Elemia
FOR years, the bodies piled up. Some were shot by vigilantes on motorbikes. Others were executed with bullets to the head. Each time, police dismissed the victims as “drug suspects” who had resisted arrest – claims that rarely held up to scrutiny. And yet, the slaughter continued with impunity under the watch of Rodrigo Duterte, the man elected president of the Philippines on a promise to eradicate drugs.
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1 month ago | 
sanjuandailystar.com | Sui-Lee Wee |Camille Elemia
By Sui-Lee Wee and Camille ElemiaRodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed. He was taken into custody at Manilla’s main airport after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, according to the Philippine government.
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1 month ago | 
estadao.com.br | Sui-Lee Wee |Camille Elemia
Durante anos, os corpos foram se acumulando. Alguns foram baleados por justiceiros em motocicletas. Outros levaram tiros na cabeça, como em uma execução. A cada novo assassinato, a polícia simplesmente descrevia as vítimas como “suspeitos de tráfico de drogas” que resistiram à prisão, uma acusação que raramente se sustentava após um exame minucioso. E ainda assim o massacre continuou impunemente, a mando do homem que foi eleito presidente das Filipinas, Rodrigo Duterte.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Sui-Lee Wee |Camille Elemia
For years the bodies piled up. Some were shot by vigilantes on motorbikes. Others had bullets in the head, execution style. In killing after killing, police would only describe the victims as “drug suspects” who had resisted arrest, a charge that rarely stood up to even minor scrutiny. And yet the slaughter continued with impunity, at the behest of the man who was elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte.
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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Sui-Lee Wee |Camille Elemia
War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against HumanityDuterte, RodrigoPhilippinesPolitics and GovernmentHuman Rights and Human Rights ViolationsVigilantesLa Corte Penal Internacional ha estado investigando la mortífera represión en la campaña antidrogas que Duterte, detenido el martes en Manila, supervisó cuando estuvo en el poder. Durante años, se acumularon los cadáveres. A algunos les dispararon justicieros anónimos en motocicletas. A otros les dispararon en la cabeza, al estilo ejecución.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Sui-Lee Wee |Camille Elemia
Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed. He was taken into custody at the airport in Manila after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, according to the Philippine government.
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1 month ago | 
sanjuandailystar.com | Yan Zhuang |Camille Elemia
By Yan Zhuang and Camille ElemiaRoman Catholics worldwide prayed on Sunday for Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition, after the Vatican announced that he was “not out of danger.”Francis, 88, was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Feb. 14 with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs. He had a long “asthmatic respiratory crisis” on Saturday that required “high flows of oxygen” and a blood transfusion, the Vatican said.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Yan Zhuang |Camille Elemia
Roman Catholics worldwide prayed on Feb 23 for Pope Francis, who is hospitalised in critical condition, after the Vatican announced that he was “not out of danger.”Pope Francis, 88, was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Feb 14 with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs. He had a long “asthmatic respiratory crisis” on Feb 22 that required “high flows of oxygen” and a blood transfusion, the Vatican said.
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2 months ago | 
infobae.com | Camille Elemia |Sui-Lee Wee
PhilippinesDuterte, SaraImpeachmentMarcos, Ferdinand JrCorruption (Institutional)Sara Duterte se enfrentaba a denuncias por una presunta malversación de millones de fondos públicos y sus declaraciones sobre planes para asesinar al presidente Ferdinand Marcos y algunos de sus allegados. La vicepresidenta de Filipinas, Sara Duterte, fue destituida el miércoles por los legisladores, lo que aumentó aún más las tensiones políticas en un aliado estratégico de Estados Unidos en Asia.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
rfa.org | Camille Elemia
MANILA -- Senior Philippine diplomats confronted Chinese counterparts in face-to-face talks about China’s “monster” coast guard ship intruding into Manila’s territorial waters, as the two sides met to discuss the hot-button issue of the South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro led the Philippine delegation in the 10th Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea, or BCM, which took place on Thursday in the Chinese city of Xiamen.
