Amid calls to free Duterte, Philippine victims’ stories reach ICC


FILE PHOTO: Protesters demonstrate demanding justice for drug war victims, after the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, in Quezon City on March 11, 2025. - AFP

MANILA: As supporters of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte drum up calls for his release from detention in an International Criminal Court (ICC) facility in The Hague, the Netherlands, relatives of the victims of his brutal drug war have been submitting applications to participate in his possible trial.

Profound feelings of loss and despair well up in many of the stories that surviving family members of drug war victims narrated to the ICC in hopes that they would be able to help prosecute the former president.

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