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 1,400 times, claims the ICC confirmed that the number of drug war victims was only 78—contradicting estimates that place the toll in the thousands. But a closer reading of the same ICC document cited in the video shows otherwise. This INQFocus explainer breaks down what […]... Keep on reading: Fact check: Claim that ICC counted only 78 drug war deaths is false