Inter-Parliamentary Union calls for De Lima’s release, dropping of drug charges

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The Inter-Parliamentary Union has called on authorities to immediately release detained Sen. Leila de Lima from detention and drop the drug charges against her.

In a decision adopted by its Governing Council, the IPU it “is deeply concerned that its appeals for Senator de Lima’s immediate release and for charges to be dropped have gone unheeded and that she continues to be detained, more than four years after her arrest, in the absence of any serious evidence; considers that her continued detention and prosecution not only run counter to her basic human rights, but should also be seen as reprisals for her political activities and positions.

“The IPU has once again called for my release from unjust detention. I hope the Senate leadership responds positively to the IPU call by supporting it,” said the senator, according to her Twitter account. The IPU said “there are multiple, strong signs that the steps taken against Senator de Lima came in response to her vocal opposition to the way in which President [Rodrigo] Duterte was waging a war on drugs, including her denunciation of his alleged responsibility for extrajudicial killings.

 

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