Ms. Evangelista is the author of “Some People Need Killing,” which documents the deadly drug war launched in the Philippines by former President Rodrigo Duterte. She wrote from Manila.

The countless victims of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs are celebrating his arrest on charges of crimes against humanity as a momentous first step toward justice.

It was part of a systematic massacre of so-called “drug addicts” and “pushers” orchestrated by then-president, Rodrigo Duterte. For a while, it seemed like he’d get away with it.

In 2017, President Donald Trump expressed admiration for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drug suspects. But social media posts have falsely claimed that Trump has ordered ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was "abducted" and illegally taken to The Hague to face murder charges, his lawyer told International Criminal Court judges during his initial ...

The International Criminal Court(ICC) may take into account the behavior of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s camp and supporters in its deliberations on his interim release, an ICC-listed counsel ...

Philippines social media users have erroneously claimed the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said the country's arrested former leader Rodrigo Duterte was "innocent" of crimes ...

As supporters of former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte staged protests in the Philippines and abroad, an image was shared in Chinese posts falsely claiming it showed demonstrators demanding ...

SINGAPORE — Five young volunteers here have been deliberately exposed to the Covid-19 virus in the country’s first human challenge study, paving the way for more of such studies to be ...

But while families were mourning thousands of COVID-19 deaths and counting, families were also mourning because of Duterte’s continuing brutal drug war that saw the deaths of tens of thousands carried ...