In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has pardoned a U.S. marine who was convicted in 2015 of killing a transgender woman. Joseph Scott Pemberton killed 26-year-old Jennifer Laude in a hotel room near a former U.S. naval base. He admitted to punching and choking Laude after learning she was transgender. Local LGBTQ rights group Bahaghari tweeted, “For as long as the U.S. maintains hegemony over our military, economy, and politics, there will be no Justice For Jennifer and for the Filipino LGBTQ+.”