Senator Leila de Lima thanked the two US senators who proposed that Philippine officials involved in her detention be denied entry into the United States. | LeilasINQ
The US Senate appropriations committee on Thursday approved an amendment proposed by Democratic Senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy to bar the entry on American soil by any Philippine official who had a hand in De Lima’s “politically motivated” imprisonment since February 2017 on President Rodrigo Duterte’s watch.The amendment formed part of an appropriations bill on state and foreign operations, which will be tackled further by the entire US Senate and the US Congress.
Around 40 prosecution witnesses have testified against her, including former Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos and Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong, who used to head the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police. “Thank you, Senators Durbin and Leahy, and many other champions of justice and democracy, for reminding us that the world is still watching,” De Lima said.
“[Their actions] are in fact the consequences of being part of the international community where countries, respective of each other’s sovereignty, help one another to uphold the principles of human rights and democracy,” Hontiveros said.“This a stern warning to all those who rose to power in our country through killings and human rights abuses. The world is watching. And the world will act. There is a day of reckoning. Justice will eventually catch up with all of you,” she added.
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