With Drug War, Duterte Long Courted Global Condemnation
- Posted on March 13, 2025
- By The Japan News
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With Drug War, Duterte Long Courted Global Condemnation

More than eight years after launching a blood-drenched war on drugs as president of the Philippines, elected on a platform that boiled down to shoot first and ask questions later, Rodrigo Duterte, 79, arrived in The Hague on Wednesday. He was arrested the day before under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, after years of taunting the international community to hold him accountable.