NEW: Rodrigo Duterte's arrest marks a milestone for accountability and truth. But culpability for drug war abuses goes far beyond him, and the Philippine justice system remains ill-equipped to overcome a politics that favours impunity, argues Patrick Peralta. www.newmandala.org/duterte-at-t...

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report ISRF Fellow Rachel Rosen (@ucl.ac.uk) & Mai Abu Moghli (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies) on a recent report commissioned by the UN, via @uk.theconversation.com. isrf.org/blog/israels...

As Duterte was arrested last week, my former co-author @euanraffle.bsky.social wrote a thread. I posted a video about his arrest on TikTok & had around 70 angry messages from the public in the Philippines telling me Duterte is the best leader the country has ever had. Says a lot about populism.

As I'm new here, here is some of my research- particularly into the #warondrugs in the Philippines, covering #Duterte and his route to the #ICC.

Come join us! Funded PhD project on popular culture and US foreign policy, supervised by Dr Ryan O'Connor, @dranthonymay.bsky.social, and myself @mybcu.bsky.social Further details here: www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our... Please share with anyone who might be interested!