Duerte spends the first night in prison, an important moment for the International Criminal Court • Kosovapress

Duerte spends the first night in prison, an important moment for the International Criminal Court

Outside the International Criminal Court Center, in which the former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte was sent on Wednesday, his followers gathered, waved national flags and demanded his release when he was quickly led by iron doors, reports the BBC to Kosovapress.

Shortly before he ended up in the Netherlands, the 79-year-old Unapologist table defended his “war against drugs”, for which the International Criminal Court gives “reasonable reasons” to accuse him of murder as a crime against humanity.

Low-level drug dealers, users and others were killed as mayor and later president during his time.

The official number of deaths is 6,000, but activists believe that the real number is higher.

Rodrigo Duterte said he had fallen against drug dealers to save the country from street crime.

However, human rights groups claim that this campaign was fulfilled with police violence and that young people aimed at the urban arms. Kosovapress.

Rodrigo Duterte is the first former head of an Asian state who is charged by the International Criminal Court, and the first suspect to have been sent to Hague for three years.

His arrival comes at an important moment for the International Criminal Court.

His cases have discussed the discussion about the role of the International Criminal Court in relation to national sovereignty, a problem that is often raised by non -members such as the United States, Russia and China.

Duterte's arrival is an urgently needed victory for the court, which, after two arrests for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, showed that those who have been accused of serious crime can be brought to trial.

Rodrigo Duterte will spend his 80th birthday in the internment camp, a former National Socialist prison complex that offers good conditions.

It is expected that he will soon appear in court, where, according to the report, he will confirm his identity, his voice selection and the indictment against him. Kosovapress.

If the fees are confirmed, it can take months before the negotiation and years to a final decision.