The lingering impacts of Duterte's brutal 'war on drugs' on law and civil society in the Philippines

Published on March 12, 2025

The former president was arrested this week for his alleged role in thousands of extrajudicial killings. Philippine civil society is still reckoning with the Duterte-era crackdown two and a half years after he left office.

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