UK lawmakers call for release of jailed Duterte critic De Lima

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'Senator De Lima's prosecution appears to have set the pattern for silencing of President Duterte's opponents,' write 27 UK parliamentarians.

Lawmakers from the UK called for the release of staunch Duterte critic Senator Leila de Lima as she entered her 5th year in jail, her office said Sunday, March 7.

Signatories include Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson, MP , Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Harriett Baldwin MP, Paul Blomfield MP, Tracy Brabin MP, Lyn Brown MP, and Dawn Butler MP, according to the Office of Senator Leila de Lima. “President Duterte’s self-styled ‘war on drugs’ has seen an estimated 30,000 extra-judicial killings – along with increased targeting of journalists and human rights defenders, and the undermining of judicial independence,” they added.

 

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Philippines would like to send Nurses in exchange for your silence. or maybe '50M' Astra Zeneca COVID vaccines for free.

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