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Former Philippines leader Duterte appears in Hague courtroom on ‘war on drugs’ charges

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has made his first appearance at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, where he faces murder charges related to his “war on drugs.”

The 79-year-old former authoritarian leader, who arrived at the Hague on Wednesday following his dramatic arrest in Manila, is accused of “charges of the crime of murder as a crime against humanity,” amid his brutal, yearslong campaign, where thousands of people were killed between 2011 and 2019.

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