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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jailed Philippine ex-leader not released after election win
"So happy, welcome back home Father Digong," says a Tagalog-language Facebook post on May 16, 2025, using Duterte's popular nickname and sharing pictures of him on a flight. Duterte's supporters on Facebook shared similar posts days after he was re-elected mayor of his family stronghold Davao city in a landslide vote while in a cell in The Hague (archived link). He was arrested at Manila's international airport on March 11, 2025 and flown to the International Criminal Court to face charges tied to his crackdown on drugs that killed thousands (archived link). His camp has said they would seek his interim release but AFP has not found any official notice on the tribunal's website this had been granted as of May 21 (archived here and here). Duterte's communication has come sporadically and through surrogates, mainly his daughter Vice President Sara Duterte who was asked about Davao city possibly having an "absentee mayor" (archived link). "Well definitely yes, he really isn't here," she said following Duterte's mayoral win. Moreover, the circulating visuals purportedly showing Duterte's return home are misrepresented. A reverse image search on Google found the ex-president's photo on a commercial plane in a July 8, 2016 article from MindaNews (archived link). "Philippine Air Lines steward greets President Rodrigo Duterte at the economy section of the aircraft that would bring him to Davao City from Manila on Thursday, July 7, 2016," says its caption. Local media outlet Rappler said he was attending an event with Muslim leaders from southern Philippines (archived link). Meanwhile, his other picture surrounded by aides inside an aircraft was taken on an official trip to India, according to state-run Philippine News Agency that published the photo on January 25, 2018 (archived here and here). "President Rodrigo Roa Duterte flashes his signature pose with the members of his delegation while on board Philippine Airlines chartered flight PR001 bound for New Delhi, India on January 24, 2018," reads the caption. Duterte's next trial to confirm charges is scheduled on September 23 (archived link). AFP has debunked more misinformation surrounding his arrest here.
AFP
21-05-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Jailed Philippine ex-leader not released after election win
"So happy, welcome back home Father Digong," says a Tagalog-language Facebook post on May 16, 2025, using Duterte's popular nickname and sharing pictures of him on a flight. Image Screenshot of the false Facebook post taken May 21, 2025 Duterte's supporters on Facebook shared similar posts days after he was re-elected mayor of his family stronghold Davao city in a landslide vote while in a cell in The Hague (archived link). He was arrested at Manila's international airport on March 11, 2025 and flown to the International Criminal Court to face charges tied to his crackdown on drugs that killed thousands (archived link). His camp has said they would seek his interim release but AFP has not found any official notice on the tribunal's website this had been granted as of May 21 (archived here and here). Duterte's communication has come sporadically and through surrogates, mainly his daughter Vice President Sara Duterte who was asked about Davao city possibly having an "absentee mayor" (archived link). "Well definitely yes, he really isn't here," she said following Duterte's mayoral win. Moreover, the circulating visuals purportedly showing Duterte's return home are misrepresented. A reverse image search on Google found the ex-president's photo on a commercial plane in a July 8, 2016 article from MindaNews (archived link). "Philippine Air Lines steward greets President Rodrigo Duterte at the economy section of the aircraft that would bring him to Davao City from Manila on Thursday, July 7, 2016," says its caption. Local media outlet Rappler said he was attending an event with Muslim leaders from southern Philippines (archived link). Image Screenshot of the false Facebook post (L) and the photo shared by MindaNews Meanwhile, his other picture surrounded by aides inside an aircraft was taken on an official trip to India, according to state-run Philippine News Agency that published the photo on January 25, 2018 (archived here and here). "President Rodrigo Roa Duterte flashes his signature pose with the members of his delegation while on board Philippine Airlines chartered flight PR001 bound for New Delhi, India on January 24, 2018," reads the caption. Image Screenshot comparison of the false post (L) and the handout photo published by Philippine News Agency Duterte's to confirm charges is scheduled on September 23 (archived link). AFP has debunked more misinformation surrounding his arrest here.
AFP
15-04-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Video of Bernie Sanders rally misrepresented as 'pro-Duterte demonstration'
The TikTok video of a protest in front of a white building was viewed 1.4 million times after it was shared on March 25. A man's voice can be heard saying in English: "In the hundreds of rallies that I have done, we have never ever had a rally as large as this!" "Only Father Digong is capable of doing this, even in the Netherlands," says sticker text on the video, referring to the ex-leader using his nickname. Image Screenshot of the false TikTok post, taken on April 14, 2025 The video surfaced elsewhere on Facebook and TikTok with a similar claim as hundreds of Duterte's supporters held protests in parts of Europe to call for his release after he was handed over to the International Criminal Court for his brutal war on drugs (archived link). But the clip in fact shows a rally by US Senator Bernie Sanders in the western state of Colorado. Reverse image searches using one of the video's keyframes found it was shared on March 21 on Facebook by a user based in Denver, Colorado, who credits the quote about the size of the rally to Sanders (archived link). Image Screenshot of the false TikTok video (left) and the March 22 Facebook clip Further keyword searches led to a live-streamed video on Sanders' official Facebook page on March 21 ( ). "Fighting oligarchy with Bernie and AOC," reads the video's title, referring to the initials of Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. At the video's 30:21 mark, Sanders can be heard saying: "In the hundreds of rallies that I have done, we have never ever had a rally as large as this!" US broadcaster CBS News reported more than 30,000 people attended the "Fighting Oligarchy" tour -- a nationwide campaign organised by Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez to fight Trump and the Republican agenda -- in the US state of Colorado on March 21 (archived link). AFP confirmed that the video was filmed at the Denver Civic Center Park in Colorado using Google Maps' Street View imagery (archived link). Image Screenshot comparison of the false post (left) and the Google Maps Street View of the Denver Civic Center Park Social media has been awash with false posts misrepresenting pro-Duterte rallies since his March 11 arrest, many of which AFP has debunked here.
