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Unfazed by UN Drug War Probe, Duterte Remains Defiant

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Jul 10, 2019
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Spurred by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloodthirsty endorsement of extrajudicial murders, killings are continuing even as the United Nations readies a human rights investigation sponsored by Iceland into the killings.

Duterte, however, remains defiant. He has pledged to continue his war against drugs in his final three years in office despite …

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