Fact check: Claim that ICC counted only 78 drug war deaths is false

2026-02-24 - 06:44

MANILA, Philippines—As the confirmation of charges hearing against former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte got underway before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, a misleading claim resurfaced online: that only 78 people were killed in Duterte’s war on drugs. A Facebook video circulating as of February 23, viewed more than