![Rights groups have warned that the threat no longer makes any distinction between armed rebels and other rights defenders as well as critics of the Duterte administration [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-06-04T000000Z_1055589267_RC2D2H9D4HAY_RTRMADP_3_PHILIPPINES-RIGHTS-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Duterte’s threat on Friday has sparked fears of a new wave of bloodshed.
![The Chinese intrusions also come as Beijing began what it said was a research expedition to the resource-rich Benham Rise, northeast of the Philippines and also within its EEZ [Philippine Coast Guard]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jia-geng-catanduanes-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Two incidents involving the Jia Geng survey ship happened north and east of the Philippines near the Pacific Ocean.
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Health experts say Philippine president repeating predecessor’s missteps adding to public doubt and vaccine hesitancy.
![Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba is the first ever attorney general of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which was established in 2019 [Bangsamoro government handout photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/124171558_863879004440559_8197773860302321138_o-e1611209361625.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Attorney general of the Philippines’ autonomous Muslim region has a task: Establishing sustainable peace.
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Millions of Filipinos hold on to their faith as they defy warnings that mass gatherings could drive up transmission.
![WHO said international experts would go to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected last December [File: China Daily/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Three-quarter infections occurring in Americas; India to reach 10 million cases; ex-Burundi president dies due to virus.
![Human rights advocates say as many as 27,000 people were killed in the drug war as of mid-2019 - including the victims killed by 'unknown gunmen' [File: Bullit Marquez/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/b388a4b9208f43bb82857dfc2b0cadce_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
ICC prosecutor finds ‘reasonable basis to believe’ crimes against humanity committed in Duterte’s war on drugs campaign.
![An April 2020 report said that the Xinjiang government has signed a deal to open a hog farm for local consumption in Kashgar, an area that is 90-percent Muslim Uighur [File: How Hwee Young/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_50848399-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Former detainees say they were forced to eat pork in re-education camps and detention centres.
Mayor of London urges quick action to stop coronavirus resurgence; Myanmar’s stay-at-home order for Yangon takes effect.
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Global Preparedness Monitoring Board said coronavirus pandemic is ‘providing a harsh test of the world’s preparedness’.