Author: MIKE CORDER Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 12/03/2025 | 10:16:35
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Rodrigo Duterte is being flown to the Netherlands to face an international Criminal Court charge of crimes against humanity. The 79-year-old’s arrest on a warrant issued by the global court was hailed by human rights groups and families of victims as a step toward ending impunity. Estimates of the death toll during Duterte’s presidential term vary, from the more than 6,000 that the national police have reported and up to 30,000 claimed by human rights groups. ICC judges who looked at prosecution evidence supporting their request for his arrest found “reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Duterterta is individually responsible for the crime against humanity of murder” within days of being taken into custody at the court’s detention center. Judges will confirm his identity, check that he understand Duterte will be able to apply for provisional release from the court’s detention center while he waits. Marcos says the arrest was “proper and correct” and not an act of political persecution. Duterterta’s daughter, Vice President Sara Dutertoe, criticized the Marcos administration for surrendering her father to a foreign court.
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