FACT CHECK: Bato dela Rosa has been NEITHER arrested NOR brought to ICC
A TikTok video is claiming that Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has been captured in Davao City and immediately whisked away to the International Criminal Court. This is false.
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A TikTok video is claiming that Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has been captured in Davao City and immediately whisked away to the International Criminal Court. This is false.
A Facebook post is claiming that former president Rodrigo Duterte is on his way back to the Philippines. This is fake.
Several pro-Duterte Facebook accounts are claiming that Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, who is the subject of an International Criminal Court warrant, has surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation. This is false.
Pro-Duterte vloggers posted a video clip on social media showing Avanceña, who has visibly lost weight, coming out of the detention center on Tuesday.
Viral posts claiming the ICC rescheduled Duterte's pre-trial due to worsening illness are false. The photo is AI-generated, and the status conference was cancelled, but the trial remains set for November.
A graphic posted on Facebook is claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. "confirmed" during his penultimate State of the Nation Address that his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, is set to be released by the International Criminal Court. This is fake.
No official notice or announcement indicates former president Rodrigo Duterte will be released anytime soon. Vice President Sara Duterte also denied claims that she said he would return from the ICC next week.
Sara's lie will now make the rounds of its troll supporters where it will be exponentially repeated and then proclaimed as gospel truth, that Rodrigo Duterte is the only active case in the ICC.The ICC Cases Portal currently lists the status of 34 cases in their pretrial or trial stages.
Posts claiming that ICC Judge Joanna Korner said former president Rodrigo Duterte should not be imprisoned are fake.
Speaking before pro-Duterte supporters on Wednesday outside the ICC headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, the vice president alleged that the court's investigation into her father's anti-drug campaign was driven by politics and corruption.