FOCUS: Families of political prisoners in Philippines see hope in Duterte

FOCUS: Families of political prisoners in Philippines see hope in Duterte

Families of some political prisoners in the Philippines gather in the Manila suburb of Quezon City on June 2, 2016, to ask incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to release all 543 political prisoners in the country. Duterte has expressed his willingness to release political prisoners as part of confidence-building measures to resume peace talks with communist insurgents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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