FILE: February 24, Washington, DC: outside the Embassy of the Philippines, organized by StoptheDrugWar.org with DCMJ (Supplied)
FILE: Freetown, Sierra Leone: organized by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Sierra Leone. Two actions: Lumley Beach and Kissy Road (Supplied)
FILE: February 23, Manila: Power! Tindig Pilipinas and Purple Cross Movement Event (Supplied)
Oslo, Norway: organized by Association for Safer Drug Policies in Norway (Foreningen Tryggere Ruspolitikk) (Photo credit to Tommy Strømmen)
FILE: February 24, IUSY World Council 2019 Sousse, Tunisia (Supplied)
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.
“Two years ago, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines unjustly imprisoned Senator Leila de Lima, who had dared to challenge Duterte for his drug war killings, which now may number as many as 28,000,” the campaign statement said.
“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.
