Duterte Camp Appeals Denial of Release Plea

Duterte camp appeals denial of release plea

As expected, the defense team of detained former president Rodrigo Duterte has filed an appeal for interim release after the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I rejected their earlier request.

Pulong Duterte slams ICC decision rejecting dad Rodrigo's interim release

Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo "Pulong" Duterte branded as "political theater" the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision rejecting the interim release bid of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte.

The ICC Didn’t Just Reject. It Exposed

The International Criminal Court’s decision denying former President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for interim release did more than keep an accused man behind bars. It peeled back the layers of a political culture built on loyalty, impunity, and the performance of power, exposing not only Duterte and his family, but the entire architecture of governance that enables them. The ICC’s language was surgical, but its meaning was brutal. It quoted Dutert…

Duterte appeals ICC ruling denying interim release

Former President Rodrigo Duterte has appealed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision denying his bid for interim release, his lawyer confirmed. Duterte’s lead counsel, Nicholas Kaufman, said the appeal was filed before the ICC Appeals Chamber more than a week after the Pre-Trial Chamber upheld the former president’s detention. Kaufman argued that Duterte’s age and …

ICC says VP Sara's statement basis for rejection of Duterte's interim release

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected the request for the interim release of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte saying his  detention in The Hague is necessary for his pre-trial on charges over his controversial “war on drugs”. The decision, issued on October 10 by the three-member Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC, said Duterte’s lawyer failed to prove that his detention pose a detrimental effect to his h…

For kin and advocates, ICC denial of Duterte’s interim release is a beam of hope

MANILA – The recent decision of the International Criminal Court denying Rodrigo Duterte’s motion for interim release is a beam of hope for the families left behind by the so-called “war on drugs.” “This is what we have always been anticipating, and at the same time, what we’ve always feared. He hasn’t even been released yet, and there have already been so many attacks against us,” said Llore Pasco in a press conference on Saturday, October 11, …