Rodrigo Duterte on drug war: ‘I did what I had to do’
Oct 28, 2024 · Aside from the Senate, the House of Representatives has also been investigating the previous administration’s drug war. Eight police officers have so far been prosecuted for killings in Duterte’s drug war, and in none of those cases did the former president’s lawyers offer any help.. The killings under the Duterte administration are currently the focus of an International Criminal Court ...
In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Awami League faces uncertain future …
Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.
Feud with Marcos beyond ‘point of no return,’ Philippine VP Sara ...
Nov 27, 2024 · Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said her feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had reached a “point of no return” after police filed an assault complaint against her and some of her staff.
‘Respect our sovereignty,’ Palau tells China ahead of Taiwanese ...
Dec 2, 2024 · President Surangel Whipps Jr. on Monday urged China to respect Palau’s sovereignty and international law, just days ahead of a contentious visit by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te.
International criminal court seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta ...
Nov 27, 2024 · The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an application for an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s army chief who now heads its junta, in connection with violence against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017, its prosecutor said.. Myanmar’s military conducted a sweeping crackdown on Rohingya communities in 2017 ...
Philippine president’s office: VP Duterte could be prosecuted for ...
Nov 25, 2024 · The feud between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice-President Sara Duterte has taken an astonishing turn with Marcos vowing to “fight back” after his No. 2 openly warned that he would be assassinated should she be targeted and killed. Duterte’s public threats made over the ...
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'Lips sewn without anesthetic,’ other shockers from Bangladesh report on Hasina-linked disappearances. They include alleged “brutal and methodical torture,” grisly murders and a complex system operating undetected for 15 years.
Australia accused of climate ‘lip service’ over bid to host Pacific COP
Nov 18, 2024 · Australia has been accused of being “out of touch with the reality of climate change” by campaigners as it bids to co-host the COP31 summit in 2026 with Pacific Island nations.
Malaysia must crack down on crime syndicates taking billions from ...
Nov 21, 2024 · Goi Chee Kong shows a picture of his son, Goi Zhen Feng, who died after falling prey to human trafficking syndicates, as he appealed to the Malaysian government to rescue similar victims in Myanmar and Cambodia during a news conference in …
Passports for sale: Lessons for Nauru and Solomon Islands from …
Nov 27, 2024 · Earlier this month Vanuatu received a stinging rebuke from the European Parliament, becoming the first country ever to lose its visa-free access to the bloc’s Schengen area. In the explanatory note accompanying the European Parliament vote, rapporteur Paulo Cunha said that this is not a step the ...