Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested over crimes against humanity
- Legal showdown: Bato goes to Supreme Court to question Duterte arrest
- ‘Critical step’: Duterte arrest brings drug war victims, families closer to justice
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-11-2025/
- Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested over crimes against humanity
- Legal showdown: Bato goes to Supreme Court to question Duterte arrest
- ‘Critical step’: Duterte arrest brings drug war victims, families closer to justice
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-11-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:15Former President Rodrigo Duterte is under arrest over a warrant from the International
00:19Criminal Court.
00:21Senator Bato de la Rosa files a petition with the Supreme Court questioning Duterte's
00:25arrest.
00:27Human rights groups welcome the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:33Former President Rodrigo Duterte is arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
00:37on Tuesday, March 11 over a warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court.
00:43This warrant was served upon his arrival by Philippine Prosecutor General Richard Fadulion,
00:48after which Duterte was brought to Villamor Air Base.
00:51Fadulion tells Rappler,
00:53The former president was read his rights and informed of the charges against him.
00:57Clearly it was read to him that the warrant of arrest issued by the ICC was on the following
01:02charges, crimes against humanity and murder.
01:06The former president faces a crimes against humanity case over his war on drugs campaign
01:11that killed almost 30,000 people based on the tallies by human rights groups.
01:16Before his arrest, Duterte was put on red notice alert by Interpol following the ICC's
01:21release of the warrant.
01:22Duterte is the first Philippine head of state to be arrested through an order by an international
01:27tribunal.
01:28Duterte withdrew the Philippines' membership in the ICC while he was president in 2019
01:33when the court began investigating the allegations.
01:36The ICC coursed Duterte's arrest warrant through Interpol, of which the Philippines
01:41is a member.
01:42Duterte was arrested when he arrived in Manila from Hong Kong where he spoke at a campaign
01:46event attended by the Filipino community.
01:51Longtime Duterte ally Senator Bato De La Rosa questions the arrest of former President Rodrigo
01:55Duterte before the Supreme Court.
01:58De La Rosa files a petition for certiorari and prohibition with the High Court, which
02:02is dominated by judges appointed by Duterte when he was president.
02:05The petition seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent the Philippine government
02:09from working with the ICC and Interpol.
02:12It also asks the High Court to rule that it is unconstitutional for the government to
02:16cooperate with the ICC.
02:18De La Rosa was Duterte's first national police chief and was the chief implementer
02:22of the drug war.
02:24He was named in one of the previous reports of the ICC prosecutor, but it is unclear whether
02:28he too will be implicated in the ICC case.
02:32This is not the first time that an ICC-related petition was filed with the Supreme Court.
02:36In a 2021 ruling, the High Court said the Philippines must still cooperate with the
02:41ICC in criminal proceedings that began before the country withdrew from the court in 2019.
02:49Human Rights Group celebrate the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, saying the
02:53arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court was a long-awaited response to the thousands
02:58of killings in his drug war.
02:59Human Rights Watch says Duterte's arrest is a, quote, critical step for accountability.
03:04The group also urges the Marcos government to quickly surrender Duterte to the ICC in
03:09the Netherlands.
03:10Lilac Purple Action for Indigenous Women's Rights applauds the ICC for its, quote, relentless
03:15pursuit of justice.
03:16Lilac's Judy Pasimios says, this is a victory of the families of the victims and the Filipino
03:22people who dared to speak out, expose, and fight the brutal and bloody Duterte presidency.
03:27Families of victims look to the ICC as their last chance for justice due to the slow progress
03:32of drug war cases in Philippine courts.
03:35Meantime, politicians critical of Duterte also welcomed his arrest.
03:39Political leaders, especially those who were targeted by the Duterte administration, say
03:43his detention was long overdue.
03:48And that's today's wrap.
03:49I'm JC Gottinga, thank you for watching.
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