FACT CHECK: Circulating graphic claiming ICC ‘granted’ Duterte motion to return SATIRE
Netizens are circulating a graphic claiming that the ICC granted former president Rodrigo Duterte's appeal to return to the Philippines. This is satire.
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FACT CHECK: VP Sara claim that Imee Marcos will bring back Duterte from The Hague misleads
As the former president is in the middle of a legal process, particularly the pre-trial stage, of the ICC, he cannot walk free unless the court approves his temporary release. A senator has no power to bring him back from detention in The Hague.
FACT CHECK: NO ICC arrest warrant for Bato dela Rosa
An FB reel falsely claims that an arrest warrant for Sen. Bato Dela Rosa - top enforcer of the deadly drug war during the Duterte administration - has been issued by the ICC and sent to the Philippines.
FACT CHECK: Claim on ICC releasing Duterte SATIRE
A Facebook user claimed that the ICC will release former president Rodrigo Duterte after his bail was paid. The post is satire. There is no bail under the Rome Statute, only an "interim release," which must be applied for.
FACT CHECK: OLD video passed off as Duterte’s ‘secret homecoming’
Facebook users are circulating a video of former president Rodrigo Duterte supposedly showing his homecoming that was allegedly kept from the public eye. This is false.
FACT CHECK: Putin NOT helping Duterte get released from ICC detention
A YouTube video claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote a letter saying he will help former president Rodrigo Duterte get released from detention in The Hague, Netherlands. Not true.
FACT CHECK: Torre did NOT resign following Duterte arrest
A TikTok video using footage from Aug. 2023 claims that PNP-CIDG Chief Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III resigned following the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The clip shows his resignation as QC Police District director after a road rage incident.
Imee Marcos’ exercise in futility
Sen. Imee Marcos, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Duterte’s close associates are still stuck with the March 11 arrest of the former president.
FACT CHECK: Hungary’s ICC withdrawal NOT linked to Duterte’s arrest
A YouTube video is claiming without basis that Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court was connected to the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
FACT CHECK: NO Guinness World Record for Duterte birthday rallies; NO call from Vatican for release
Netizens are circulating a graphic claiming that the gatherings for the 80th birthday of former president Rodrigo Duterte on March 28 received a Guinness World Record and that the Vatican urged the U.N. to have him released from the ICC. Both claims are untrue.
