ICC prosecution ‘strongly opposes’ Duterte’s release to his chosen country

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Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court ‘strongly opposes’ the request of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to be temporarily released to a chosen country. The filing was made public Tuesday, June 24.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/icc-prosecution-opposes-duterte-interim-release-chosen-country/

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00:01The International Criminal Court Prosecution strongly opposes the interim release of Rodrigo

00:05Duterte. The filing was made public Tuesday, June 24. The prosecution says,

00:11The continued detention of Mr. Duterte remains necessary because the constituent conditions

00:15set out are met. The prosecution therefore strongly opposes Mr. Duterte's interim release

00:20to unnamed country. The filing was signed by Deputy Prosecutor Mayman Yain-Yang, taking

00:26the place of Prosecutor Karim Khan, who is on leave. This is contrary to the claim of

00:31Duterte's defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman that the prosecution is committed not to oppose

00:35the request. Kaufman wrote in the request that, quote, the prosecution has confirmed its non-opposition

00:41to interim release. It turns out the prosecution agreed to an interim release to another country

00:46and not Duterte's chosen country. The prosecution's filing says,

00:51For absolute clarity, the prosecution has not agreed in any way to conditions for interim

00:55release to Duterte's chosen country or anywhere else in the world other than the prosecution's

01:00chosen country. The two countries remain unknown and are redacted in the public versions of the

01:05filing. As for comment, Kaufman told Rappler,

01:09Any statement that I make will be made by way of court filing.

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