"Novatos Cemetery"

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17 September 2021

NAVOTAS CITY, Philippines - Workers carry a stretcher as they exhume remains at the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. Several remains were exhumed as the lease on their graves expired. Last September 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized an investigation on President Duterte and his war on drugs from when he took office on July 2016 until March 16, 2019 when the country withdrew from the Rome Statute which created the ICC took effect. The probe will also look into the killings in Davao City, where President Duterte served both as mayor and vice mayor from November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016.

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17 September 2021

Workers start to hammer down on the tomb as they exhume the remains of an alleged drug war victim, after the lease on his grave expired at the Manila North Cemetery on September 17, 2021. Last September 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized an investigation on President Duterte and his war on drugs from when he took office on July 2016 until March 16, 2019 when the country withdrew from the Rome Statute which created the ICC took effect. The probe will also look into the killings in Davao City, where President Duterte served both as mayor and vice mayor from November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016.

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17 September 2021

NAVOTAS CITY, Philippines - 56-year-old Maria reacts as the remains of her son are exhumed at the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. According to Maria, then 22-year-old Aljon were among the group of boys picked up by masked men on motorbikes, and was later found dead under a bridge, on September 20, 2016. Several remains of alleged drug war victims were exhumed after the leases on their graves expired. Last September 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized an investigation on President Duterte and his war on drugs from when he took office on July 2016 until March 16, 2019 when the country withdrew from the Rome Statute which created the ICC took effect. The probe will also look into the killings in Davao City, where President Duterte served both as mayor and vice mayor from November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016.

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17 September 2021

NAVOTAS CITY, Philippines - A worker places the remains of an alleged drug war victim into a body bag as they exhume remains at the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. Several remains were exhumed as the lease on their graves expired. Last September 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized an investigation on President Duterte and his war on drugs from when he took office on July 2016 until March 16, 2019 when the country withdrew from the Rome Statute which created the ICC took effect. The probe will also look into the killings in Davao City, where President Duterte served both as mayor and vice mayor from November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016.

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17 September 2021

NAVOTAS CITY, Philippines - Catholic priest Fr. Flavie Villanueva assists in carrying exhumed remains of alleged drug war victims at the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. Several remains were exhumed as the lease on their graves expired. Last September 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized an investigation on President Duterte and his war on drugs from when he took office on July 2016 until March 16, 2019 when the country withdrew from the Rome Statute which created the ICC took effect. The probe will also look into the killings in Davao City, where President Duterte served both as mayor and vice mayor from November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016.

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17 September 2021

NAVOTAS CITY, Philippines - Relatives of alleged drug war victims gather to pray on the exhumed remains of their loved ones outside the Navotas Cemetery on September 17, 2021. Several remains were exhumed as the lease on their graves expired. Last September 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized an investigation on President Duterte and his war on drugs from when he took office on July 2016 until March 16, 2019 when the country withdrew from the Rome Statute which created the ICC took effect. The probe will also look into the killings in Davao City, where President Duterte served both as mayor and vice mayor from November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016.

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