Former President Rodrigo Duterte's lawyers insisted that the former president is in an "enfeebled physical state" as they appealed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to keep him detained while awaiting trial.

The defense team argued that the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber erred in upholding its decision to keep Duterte imprisoned and in rejecting the joint medical report regarding his cognitive impairments.

According to the report, Duterte no longer has the capacity to plan his daily activities. His lawyers contend he is even less capable of planning an escape from his captors.

Duterte's attorneys also said the Pre-Trial Chamber treated the defense's medical evidence capriciously.

The Pre-Trial Chamber previously denied Duterte's camp's request for his release while the trial remains pending on his murder charges equivalent to crimes against humanity due to the killings under his administration's war on drugs.

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