Three US senators who were banned from entering the Philippines for introducing sanctions on Filipino officials responsible for the detention of Sen. Leila de Lima said on Thursday that they welcomed her acquittal on one of three drug trafficking cases but pressed the Duterte administration to release her.
“While we are pleased that one of the three illegitimate charges against Sen. Leila de Lima has been dropped, it is clearly not enough,” US Senators Edward Markey, Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy said in a joint statement.
“We will continue to hold the Duterte government responsible for its abuses until Sen. De Lima is released, all of the fabricated charges against her and othe…
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