LIVE: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant | Manila Airport | CNBC TV18
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plane lands in Rotterdam. Duterte will be turned over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He was arrested after arriving with his family from Hong Kong at the Manila international airport Tuesday morning on a warrant from the ICC. The global court had ordered his arrest after accusing him of crimes against humanity over a deadly anti-drug crackdown that he oversaw while in office. ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Exterior of Rotterdam airport for possible views of plane and vehicles carrying former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, arrested by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in his 'war on drugs'.
Philippines LIVE: Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant | CNBC TV18
Presidential Communications Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro holds a news conference.
Anti-Duterte rally after the Philippine ex-President was arrested at Manila airport.
Presidential Communications Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro gives a briefing after ex-President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested at Manila airport.
Live from Villamor Airbase as the Philippine government says ex-President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested at Manila Airport.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest for alleged crimes against humanity.
During his time in office, Duterte presided over a sweeping and brutal anti-drugs crackdown that killed more than 6,000 people, according to police data, though independent monitors believe the number of extrajudicial killings could be much higher.
“Earlier this morning, INTERPOL Manila received the official copy of the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC),” according to a statement from the Presidential Communications Office.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Possible sighting and comments by Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as he returns to Manila after leaving Hong Kong amid rumours of a pending arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court on his war on drugs.
Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed.
He was taken into custody at the airport in Manila after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, according to the Philippine government.
Mr. Duterte, 79, who left office in 2022, is a populist firebrand who remains one of the Philippines’ most influential politicians, and he has enjoyed relative immunity despite several accusations against him. Only a handful of people have been convicted in connection with the killings.
#philippines #rodrigoduterte #manila #livenews #cnbctv18