Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested today at the request of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Arrest is an important step in the court investigation into the thousands of murders related to the “drug war”, which he conducted during his term. According to Reuters, the 79 -year -old Duterte was arrested at Manila airport, where he was arrested by Interpol. The arrest was made by President Ferdinando Markos Junior’s office. Drug war was a central pre -election promise of Duterte in 2016, when it promised to eliminate the traffickers in every way, even by violent methods. He denies that he ordered the executions, Duterte has repeatedly defended his policy and denies that he ordered drug suspect executions, stating that “police officers were ordered to kill only in the event of self -defense”. However, activists and human rights organizations argue that the actual number of victims is much larger […]
Source: News Beast
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