Rodrigo Duterte – facing international sanctions

Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, is now under arrest in the Hague by the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged over his indiscriminate killings without trial during his “war in drugs” while in power.  The official toll stands at 6,000, though activists believe the real figure could run into the tens of thousands. He is the first Asian former head of state to be indicted by the ICC and the first suspect to be flown to The Hague in three years. It is a pivo