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“Martial law in Mindanao ended without abuses”
Rodrigo Duterte Claim dated 27 Jul 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFalse

What Vera Files found

Reports and findings of several human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups, both local and international, refute President Duterte’s claim.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 27 July 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 1 August 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

Where the claim appeared

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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.