An unknown country has agreed to host former president Rodrigo Duterte if he’s granted interim release, while his crimes against humanity case is pending with the International Criminal Court.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/rodrigo-duterte-icc-request-interim-release-june-2025/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/rodrigo-duterte-icc-request-interim-release-june-2025/
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00:00An unknown country has agreed to host former President Rodrigo Duterte if he's granted interim
00:05release while his Crimes Against Humanity case is pending with the International Criminal Court.
00:11The June 12 request by Duterte's lawyer, Nicholas Kaufman, says,
00:14As such, the defense will respectfully request that the pre-trial chamber order Mr. Duterte's
00:19immediate release into, predicted, under any conditions as deemed appropriate.
00:24It may not be the Philippines, as Kaufman argued that Duterte will not continue the alleged crimes
00:29because he will be residing well outside the geographic scope of the alleged crimes.
00:34ICC Assistant to Counsel Christina Conti says,
00:36The receiving country is important as it must guarantee that Duterte will appear before the
00:41court should he be allowed interim release. Duterte's camp also claimed there have been
00:45talks between the prosecution and the defense about the release. Kaufman says,
00:49Conti, meantime, says it was not unusual but concerning.
00:59EMPGRADLE!