Leading to Women’s Month, global groups demand for Senator De Lima’s release

As President Duterte vows for a harsher drug war, groups have mounted global protests since February 23, 2019 against human rights violations in the Philippines and the continuing arrest of Senator Leila De Lima.

The campaign called “Stand with Human Rights and Democracy” had groups in Manila, Washington DC, Sierra Leone, India, Tunisia and Norway protesting since February 23 calling for the international community to demand for Senator De Lima’s release.

“The loss of life in Duterte’s drug war is bad enough, but the brazenness with which he’s doing this is having international ramifications.  The killings have spread to some countries already, and it’s affecting the climate in more.  Other human rights violations are on the rise in the Philippines too,” the campaign statement ended.