"The International Criminal Court ruled Friday that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will remain in detention after appeals judges rejected a request for his provisional release. Duterte faces charges of crimes against humanity linked to alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings during his brutal campaign against drugs while he was president and earlier mayor of a southern city of Davao, the International Criminal Court revealed in September."
"Duterte has denied authorizing extrajudicial killings during his term as president between 2016 and 2022, although he openly threatened drug suspects with death and encouraged police to open fire if suspects violently resisted arrest. Those instructions led to thousands of extrajudicial killings by police of mostly poor drug suspects, according to Amnesty International. The charges made against Duterte date from November 1, 2011, when he was still the mayor of Davao, to March 16, 2019, when the country withdrew from the court."
"Duterte's lawyers say his health is deteriorating in the facility, and in September, the court postponed a pretrial hearing until a full medical assessment could be made. The defense said it plans to "reintroduce its request to release" Duterte following the results of a medication examination expected next month, lawyer Nick Kaufman said in a statement. Duterte was not in court to hear the ruling. Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko"
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte remains in detention at an ICC facility in the Netherlands after appeals judges denied his request for provisional release. He faces crimes-against-humanity charges alleging involvement in extrajudicial killings during his 2016–2022 presidency and earlier tenure as mayor of Davao, with charges dating from November 1, 2011 to March 16, 2019. Duterte denies authorizing killings but publicly threatened suspects and encouraged police to shoot resisting suspects. Amnesty International attributes thousands of police killings of mostly poor drug suspects to those instructions. His lawyers cite deteriorating health and plan to reapply for release following medical examination results.
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