Manila, March 7 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has rejected the appeal of former president Rodrigo Duterte's camp seeking his interim release from detention.

The appellate court upheld the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I's Jan. 26 decision to continue holding the ex-president at the ICC Detention Center in the Netherlands due to flight risk concerns.

"The Appeals judges unanimously confirm the decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I, which had remanded Mr. Duterte in detention," ICC spokesperson Oriane Maillet said on Friday night.

"The Appeals Chamber rejected or dismissed all of the Defense's arguments and rejected the Defense's ground of appeal in its entirety."

The defense earlier raised one ground of appeal and made a...