MANILA (March 12): Lawyers for former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who is bound for The Hague following his arrest on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly crackdown on drugs, filed a petition Wednesday demanding he be sent back to Manila. The 79-year-old faces a charge of “the crime against humanity of murder”,Read More

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant linked to his decades-long campaign against drugs that killed thousands of people in the South East Asian nation.

Former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is currently on his way to The Hague after he was arrested at the request of Interpol after a warrant for his arrest was issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is wanted for "murder as a crime against humanity.” The crimes are believed to have been committed between November 1, 2011, and March 16, 2019.

In this “game of thrones” in Southeast Asia’s oldest democracy, warring houses have often resulted in political instability, economic ruin and democratic backsliding, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Aries A Arugay.

At the opening of a Philippine Senate probe into the drug war in October, Duterte said he offered "no apologies, no excuses" for his actions.

MANILA: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday (Mar 11) in Manila on an International Criminal Court warrant for the "war on drugs" that defined his term in office and