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PH can"t complain vs US ban on officials behind De Lima detention: ex-justice Carpio @ 2019-12-26T00: Back Hot News
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WHAT THE PROVISION SAYS. THE US SENATE"S RARE MOVE TO TAKE ACTION WAS INCLUDED IN THE US STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET"S GENERAL PROVISIONS. SPECIFICALLY, THE SECTION "PROHIBITION ON ENTRY" SAYS THE US SECRETARY OF STATE "SHALL APPLY SUBSECTION (C) TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT WHOM THE SECRETARY HAS CREDIBLE INFORMATION HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT OF.... SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA WHO WAS ARRESTED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2017."
DE LIMA SAID WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS THE SYSTEMATIC AND WIDESPREAD VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE CONDEMNED AND PUNISHED WITH SANCTIONS BY THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OR INDEPENDENCE.
AFTER THE US SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED ON DEC. 11 A BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION BANNING THE ENTRY OF PERSONS BEHIND EJK/HR VIOLATIONS AND FREEZING THEIR STATESIDE ASSETS, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MOVED CLOSER TO ADOPTING A EUROPEAN “MAGNITSKY ACT” MODELED AFTER THE US LAW.
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, THE US SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVED RESOLUTION 142 INVOKING THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. IT CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND THE PROLONGED DETENTION OF DE LIMA. THE SANCTIONS INCLUDE A TRAVEL BAN TO THE US AND THE FREEZING OF ASSETS OF THE OFFICIALS INVOLVED.
"ALL OF US, AS FILIPINOS, SHOULD FEEL THE INDIGNITY," SAID JUSTICE SECRETARY MENARDO GUEVARRA IN A RARE OUTBURST, WITH THE UNCHARACTERISTIC CUSS WORD, WHEN HE REACTED TO THE NEWS THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAD APPROVED THE US 2020 BUDGET THAT CONTAINS A PROVISION GIVING THE STATE DEPARTMENT THE GO-SIGNAL TO DENY ENTRY TO THE JAILERS OF OPPOSITION SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA.
DE LIMA PREVIOUSLY NAMED THE FOLLOWING AS RESPONSIBLE BEHIND HER DETENTION FOR DRUG-RELATED CHARGES: PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELO, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS OFFICE OFFICIAL MOCHA USON, SASS ROGANDO SASOT, AND RJ NIETO, FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER PANTALEON ALVAREZ, FORMER JUSTICE SECRETARY VITALIANO AGUIRRE II, SOLICITOR GENERAL JOSE CALIDA, PUBLIC ATTORNEYS OFFICE CHIEF PERSIDA ACOSTA, SANDRA CAM, DANTE JIMENEZ, REPRESENTATIVES REY UMALI AND RUDY FARINAS.
SINABI NI PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR PANELO NA KASAMA SA MGA NAGPAKULONG KAY DE LIMA NA HINDI SIMPLENG MAIPAPATUPAD ANG PROBIS­YON DAHIL KINAKAILANGAN NITO ANG PRESENTASYON NG MAPAPANALIGANG IMPORMASYON SA SINASABING MALING PAGPAPAKULONG KAY DE LIMA.
THE U.S. 2020 APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, PROVIDES A 「PROHIBITION ON ENTRY. – THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL APPLY SUBSECTION (C) TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT WHOM THE SECRETARY HAS CREDIBLE INFORMATION HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT OF: (1) MOUSTAFA KASSEM, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IMPRISONED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT, AND WHOSE HEALTH IS FAILING; AND (2) SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA WHO WAS ARRESTED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2017.」
DE LIMA, WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY PUSHED FOR THE NATIONWIDE BAN OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, MAINTAINED THAT ONE-TIME USE PLASTICS REMAIN TO BE EVERY PARTY』S BIGGEST OFFENDERS.
INDEED, AFTER MONTHS OF WAVERING, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL FINALLY ANNOUNCED THAT ILLICIT COUNTERFEIT E-CIGARETTES, NOT LEGAL ONES, WERE THE GENESIS OF THE “HEALTH OUTBREAK.” THE CDC REPORTED THAT, “THC WAS IDENTIFIED IN 82% OF THE SAMPLES AND NICOTINE WAS IDENTIFIED IN 62% OF THE SAMPLES.” DESPITE THIS REVELATION, THE MASSACHUSETTS BAN WILL MAKE IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHAT’S SAFE AND WHAT ISN’T, AS BLACK MARKET DEALERS AREN’T WORRIED ABOUT SELLING DANGEROUS PRODUCTS.
THERE ARE SOME TWO DOZEN MENTIONS OF “FUNDING,” MOSTLY IN THE CONTEXT OF URGING THE EUROPEAN UNION TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON “INDEPENDENT” NGOS – SUCH AS THEMSELVES, OBVIOUSLY – TO BATTLE “HOSTILE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE” THE AUTHORS SEE UNDER EVERY BED. THERE IS EVEN A PROPOSAL FOR EVERY EU GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT ITS OWN VERSION OF THE MUELLER PROBE – WHICH FAMOUSLY FOUND ZERO EVIDENCE OF “COLLUSION” BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIA, AND ITS EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN “MEDDLING” AMOUNTED TO UNSUBSTANTIATED ASSERTIONS FROM INDICTMENTS, AS ITS LAWYERS HAD TO ADMIT IN COURT.
DE LIMA, A KNOWN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER HERE AND ABROAD, MAINTAINED THAT HISTORY BOOKS WOULD BE WRITTEN WITH DUTERTE BEING TAGGED ALONGSIDE THE KNOWN 「MASS MURDERERS」 WHO TERRORIZED MILLIONS.
I REMEMBER ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS 1984, WHEN MY PARENTS THREW AN EXTRAVAGANT HOUSE PARTY, WITH A FEAST THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL TYPES OF RICE DISHES, FROM LIMA BEAN RICE (BAGHALI POLO) TO CHERRY RICE (ALBALOO POLO). MY DAD EVEN ORDERED A WHOLE SALMON FROM LONG-GONE LOCAL FRENCH RESTAURANT L』AUBERGE. HE INVITED PERSIAN AND LEBANESE FRIENDS, AND MY MOM HIRED A PIANIST TO PLAY HOLIDAY SONGS ON HER GRAND PIANO. I REMEMBER MOST OF IT THROUGH OLD POLAROIDS, INCLUDING ONE OF ME DANCING WITH MY DAD. IT WAS A FESTIVE TIME, BUT IT WAS SHORT-LIVED: TWO YEARS LATER MY PARENTS DIVORCED, AND THAT ENDED OUR PERSIAN HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS.
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS REGULATIONS ON MANY NATIVE WILDLIFE, BUT LITTLE WHEN IT COMES TO OUT-OF-STATE ANIMALS. SEVERAL LAWS TIGHTENING RESTRICTIONS HAVE PASSED OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING ONE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT LAST YEAR THAT BANS THE OWNERSHIP OF LARGE WILD CATS, NON-NATIVE BEARS AND GREAT APES. WEST VIRGINIA REGULATES “DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS,” BUT KANGAROOS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY. AND WISCONSIN DOESN’T REQUIRE PERMITS TO OWN KANGAROOS.
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON CONSERVATION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ACTIVISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE POLITICS, CLIMATE FINANCE, CLIMATE JUSTICE, CLIMATE POLICY, CLIMATE POLITICS, CONTROVERSIAL, EMISSION REDUCTION, ENERGY, ENERGY POLITICS, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS, GLOBAL WARMING, GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION, GREEN, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, POLLUTION, UNITED NATIONS
WATSON REPORTED FROM SAN DIEGO. ANITA SNOW IN PHOENIX; JONATHAN MATTISE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE; MEAD GRUVER IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING; SEAN MURPHY IN OKLAHOMA CITY; LINDSAY WHITEHURST IN SALT LAKE CITY; DAVID LIEB IN JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI; ANDREW DEMILLO IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; BEN NADLER IN ATLANTA; ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA; PAUL WEBER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS; AND DON THOMPSON IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT.
VERY RECENTLY, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED THE UNITED STATES 2020 NATIONAL BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES A PROVISION BANNING THE ENTRY OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DETENTION OF DE LIMA.

 

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