“Upon his arrival, the prosecutor general served the ICC notification for an arrest warrant to the former president for the crime of crime against humanity,” the government statement said.

“He’s now in the custody of authorities.”

  • @[email protected]
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    32 days ago

    Speaking to thousands of overseas Filipino workers there Sunday, the former president decried the investigation, labelling ICC investigators “sons of whores” while saying he would “accept it” if an arrest were to be his fate.

    That sounds like a legit criticism from a guy who advocated murdering people. /s

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    32 days ago

    We will arrest Duterte but not Netanyahu, GWB, Dick Cheney, Putin or a slew of other criminals.

  • @saltesc
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    22 days ago

    It’s still good news but by that title, was hoping he’d ironically been caught with drugs.

  • IAmLamp
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    32 days ago

    Lets hope that justice prevails and sets precedent for other international arrests of these criminals disguised as leaders.