The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has opposed the "renewed request for interim release" of former President Rodrigo Duterte from detention in The Hague. In its submission to the Pre Trial Chamber 1 dated August 28 and released on September 12, Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang asked the court to "reject" the defense's request, saying, "The continued detention of Mr. Duterte remains necessary." According to the redacted document, there have been several ev

Police have killed more than 5,500 suspected drug users and dealers in the Philippines in President Duterte’s war on drugs. Duterte promised to scale back his campaign, but unsolved killings continued. Watch as FRONTLINE asks a police captain about some residents’ belief that police are running secret death squads, a scene from our new documentary, “On the President’s Orders.” https://to.pbs.org/328ttgh | FRONTLINE | PBS