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Duterte to stay put in detention as ICC rejects his appeal vs. jurisdiction ruling
By Janna Millenas
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Apr 23, 2026
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The ICC’s Appeals Chamber, composed of five judges, affirmed by majority vote the Oct. 23 decision of its Pre-Trial Chamber I that the court has legal power over drug war killings committed when the Philippines was still a member of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC.
April 4 Nueva Ecija arrest reveals continuing probe on Trillion Peso March protest
By Aidrielle Raymundo
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Apr 20, 2026
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No single event in 2025 produced as many incidents of state-related violence as the September 21 protest. The Sandatahang Dahas monitor of the UP Third World Studies Center recorded a total of 390 killings and 520 injuries resulting from incidents of state-related violence throughout 2025. Of these, 194 injuries erupted from that protest alone, with 151 of these being police officers, and 43 being civilians.
Duterte seeks to skip ICC ruling on jurisdiction appeal
By Janna Millenas
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Apr 15, 2026
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Former president Rodrigo Duterte has asked the International Criminal Court's Appeals Chamber to excuse him from attending the reading of the judgment on his appeal challenging the tribunal's jurisdiction.
State agents vs state agents
By Joel F. Ariate Jr
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Apr 11, 2026
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In February 2026, the Sandatahang Dahas monitor of the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center recorded flare ups of an ingrained strain of violence among the country’s arms-bearing state agents that made them turn on each other.
Global fact-checkers soldier on despite funding cuts
By Ma. Rizza Francisco
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Apr 3, 2026
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META platforms may have cut funding for fact-checking organizations but Asian fact-checkers are finding ways to continue the fight, even with political pressure.
