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...

Duterte at The Hague - New Mandala

It’s a blow to impunity—but not even close to a fatal one

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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...

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report

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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.

Euan Raffle@euanraffle.bsky.social · last yr.

In a 20​19 paper with @adriangallagher.bsky.social and Zain Maulana, we argue that the war on drugs in the Philippines clearly constitutes crimes against humanity. doi.org/10.1080/0951...

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!

USMEC : US Military-Entertainment Complex from the Cold War to the War on Terror

This research project examines how American popular culture, including movies, TV shows, and other media, intersects with U.S. military and foreign policy messaging from the Cold War to today. The PhD...

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