Former Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, a vocal critic of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, was acquitted Friday in the second drug-related charge against her after serving six years in jail. De Lima, 63, was arrested in 2017 on drug-related charges after she launched a senate investigation into violations committed during Duterte’s “war on drugs,”…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday that he had decided to cut ties with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the court denied the government’s appeal to cease a probe into his predecessor’s brutal war on drugs. “At this point, we essentially are disengaging from any contact, from any communication,” Marcos told reporters, according…

There is no evidence showing that the Philippines government is investigating the killings committed in the drug war campaign led by former President Rodrigo Duterte, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Carlos Conde, an HRW researcher in the Philippines, said the group has been monitoring the situation since November and found “no compelling…