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Facebook posts claim that witnesses in former president Rodrigo Duterte's International Criminal Court trial want to return to the Philippines after being barred from speaking Tagalog in court. This is false.
The defense argued that both were absent for nearly the entire period covered by Counts 2 and 3 of the charges against Duterte, and had no direct knowledge of the instructions and operations carried out under his presidency.
In an eight-page filing, Duterte’s lawyers urged Trial Chamber III to exclude the report and supporting documents from a prosecution expert identified as P-1400, who is expected to testify in the trial scheduled to begin on Nov. 30.
The prosecution in the case of former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court has asked the Trial Chamber III to admit as evidence the statements of a former police officer and member of the Davao Death Squad, who is no longer available to testify at trial.
The prosecution at the International Criminal Court has asked judges to admit the pre-recorded testimonies of eight more witnesses, saying their evidence would challenge police claims of self-defense and establish the rise in drug-related killings under former president Rodrigo Duterte.
The defense of former president Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court has asked Trial Chamber III to reject a report associated with an unnamed prosecution witness, arguing that the testimony does not add substantial value to the case.
The prosecution at the International Criminal Court has sought to introduce the pre-recorded testimonies of seven additional witnesses who allegedly have evidence of extrajudicial killings in Davao City and across the Philippines under former president Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign.
In its latest filing, the prosecution identified the witnesses as P-1097, P-1170 and P-1318, saying their accounts and supporting evidence would establish the Philippine National Police’s role in implementing Duterte’s anti-drug campaign and the alleged methods used to carry out and conceal killings.
Presiding Judge Joanna Korner stressed that while Duterte’s waiver of appearance was approved for the status conference, his attendance would be expected once the trial proper begins.
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza has claimed that the International Criminal Court dropped another batch of incidents from former president Rodrigo Duterte's crimes against humanity case following a supposed similar move earlier to remove "253 incidents." This is misleading.
