LIVE UPDATES: Prayer rallies on Rodrigo Duterte’s 80th birthday

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Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte are staging prayer rallies on Friday, March 28, to mark the 80th birthday of the former president who is now detained in The Hague.

Protesters are calling for Duterte’s freedom after he was arrested on March 11 over a crimes against humanity case at the International Criminal Court.

Rappler journalists are covering these candlelight rallies in different parts of the Philippines and other countries.

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