Try
The prosecution and counsels for victims in the case of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte asked the International Criminal Court on Sept. 10 to dismiss the request of the defense lawyer to order them to refile the charges saying it is “unfounded.”
A graphic circulating online claims that the judges assigned to former president Rodrigo Duterte's case in the International Criminal Court have rejected the evidence and moved to end his trial. This is false.
“It is unreasonable, unnecessary and against the interests of judicial efficiency, to require an expert report to accompany all forms of open source and user-generated evidence,” acting Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang said in a six-page filing dated Sept. 9.
In its eight-page filing, the prosecution asked Trial Chamber III to admit the written statement of a witness identified only as P-1100 under Rule 68(3) of the Rome Statute, which allows the use of previously recorded witness testimony in certain circumstances.
In a Sept. 3 document filed with the ICC Trial Chamber III, Duterte’s lead counsel, Peter Haynes, sought to amend the E-Court Protocol to include an “expert verification” field for open source and user-generated evidence.
Peter Haynes: The Prosecution’s decision to frame the charges in this entirely novel way makes it impossible for the defendant to know what case he has to meet at trial.
Dahil ang Agosto ay Ghost Month, muling nagparamdam ang walang patid na maling balita na may kinalaman sa ICC — mula sa pag-uwi raw ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte hanggang sa pagka-aresto umano kay Sen. Bato dela Rosa. At kahit ngayon ay Buwan ng Wika, maraming hindi nagkaintindihan dahil sa sari-saring disinfo na nanglito sa publiko. Gawing habit ang pag fact-check para ‘di ka mabiktima ng mga ito.
Outside the courtroom, Butuyan confronts another challenge: a public narrative that, he says, still justifies violence. “Kasi Duterte said there was a drug war. There was really no drug war. There was really a massacre.”
Netizens have resurfaced a 2022 news report about former president Rodrigo Duterte's return to Davao City falsely claiming that he had been released by the International Criminal Court.
A Facebook post is claiming that former president Rodrigo Duterte is on his way back to the Philippines. This is fake.
