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De Lima thanks US Senate for "standing strong for larger truths" @ 2020-01-13T08: Back Hot News
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DUTERTE"S THREATS: DURBIN"S REMARKS ARE THE LATEST AFTER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE DECIDED TO BAR HIM AND TWO OTHER US SENATORS FROM ENTERING THE PHILIPPINES, IN RETALIATION FOR A US ENTRY BAN ON PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DETENTION OF DE LIMA. DURBIN, ALONG WITH US SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY, PUSHED FOR THE BAN WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE US STATE DEPARTMENT"S 2020 BUDGET.
DE LIMA, A JUSTICE MINISTER IN A FORMER ADMINISTRATION, ON WEDNESDAY EXPRESSED WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS OVERWHELMING GRATITUDE TO THE U.S. CONGRESS FOR ITS HELP.
PREVIOUSLY, THE PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCED THAT U.S. SENS. DURBIN AND LEAHY WOULD BE DENIED ENTRY TO THE PHILIPPINES. THIS WAS A RETALIATION FOR A BAN ON U.S. ENTRY BY PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH DE LIMA』S DETENTION.
MARKEY IS THE AUTHOR OF US SENATE RESOLUTION 142 WHICH CONDEMNS DE LIMA"S CONTINUED DETENTION AND DENOUNCES HUMAN RIGHTS OFFENDERS IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AS WELL AS THE HARASSMENT OF THE MEDIA IN THE PHILIPPINES, PARTICULARLY OF RAPPLER"S MARIA RESSA.
DE LIMA SAID THAT THE US SENATE』S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 142 IS 「A WATERSHED IN THE HISTORY OF KEEPING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE COUNTRY AND THE ROLE THE US PLAY IN ENSURING IT.」
MANILA—A US SENATOR HAS URGED PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ANEW TO RELEASE SEN. LEILA DE LIMA, WHO IS NEARING 3 YEARS IN DETENTION OVER WHAT HE CALLED AS "DUBIOUS AND POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED" CHARGES.
A SEPARATE AMENDMENT TO THE STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS BILL OF THE US 2020 BUDGET DIRECTING THE US STATE DEPARTMENT TO IMPOSE THE MAGNITSKY SANCTIONS ON DE LIMA JAILERS WAS SPONSORED BY US SENATORS RICHARD DURBIN AND PATRICK LEAHY. TRUMP SIGNED THE US 2020 BUDGET INTO LAW IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
WHAT US SENATORS DEMAND: AFTER FIRST MOVING TO DENY PHILIPPINE LAWMAKERS ENTRY TO THE US THROUGH A BAN IN THE US STATE DEAPARTMENT"S 2020 BUDGET, LAWMAKERS IN THE US SENATE SOUGHT FURTHER ACTION BY PASSING A RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
IN AN E-MAILED STATEMENT TO SENATE REPORTERS,DE LIMA DEPLORED PANELO』S REMARKS ON THE US TRAVEL BAN. 「PANELO SAYS HE HOPESTHE US SECRETARY OF STATE IS MORE PROPERLY INFORMED THAN THE US SENATORS WHOINTRODUCED THE AMENDMENT ON THE US TRAVEL BAN, AN AMENDMENT THAT WASUNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND PASSED BY THE WHOLE US CONGRESS,』」DE LIMA SAID.
REACTING TO A PROVISION ATTACHED TO THE US BUDGET LAW FOR 2020 THAT ALSO MENTIONED DE LIMA AND THAT BANNED HER JAILERS FROM ENTERING THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR PANELO SAID THAT THE US GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY ITS STATE DEPARTMENT, HAS A PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW ON DETERMINING WHO TO BAN FROM THE US.
IN A JOINT STATEMENT, US SENATORS EDWARD MARKEY, MARCO RUBIO, DICK DURBIN, MARSHA BLACKBURN, AND CHRIS COONS APPLAUDED THE PASSAGE OF THEIR BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION URGING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT TO MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, FOR 「ORCHESTRATING」 DE LIMA』S 「ARREST AND PROLONGED DETENTION,」 AND HARASSING JOURNALIST MARIA RESSA.
THE US LAWMAKERS WERE BEHIND THE US SENATE RESOLUTION AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE US BUDGET BILL THAT DENIES US VISAS TO PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO SUPPORTED MS. DE LIMA’S DETENTION.
BLOGGER RJ NIETO, WHO WAS AMONG A LIST OF PEOPLE DE LIMA TAGGED AS HER PERSECUTORS, TRIED TO DISCREDIT THE US TRAVEL BAN, CLAIMING IT WAS NOWHERE IN THE BUDGET MEASURE』S DOCUMENT ITSELF. HOWEVER, DURBIN』S STAFF AND DE LIMA EXPLAINED THAT THE US BUDGET IS OUTLINED IN SEVERAL DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS THE US STATE DEPARTMENT』S 2020 BUDGET THAT CLEARLY STATES THE PROVISION ON DE LIMA.
「IN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, THE UNITED STATES SENATE MAKES CLEAR THAT THE DUTERTE GOVERNMENT MUST END ITS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. PREVENTING SENATORS AND AMERICANS FROM SETTING FOOT IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL NOT HELP THE DUTERTE GOVERNMENT BRUSH UNDER THE RUG STATE-SANCTIONED EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS. NO ARBITRARY DETENTION OR ILLEGITIMATE CHARGE CAN OBSCURE THE FACT THAT SENATOR DE LIMA, MARIA RESSA, AND ALL THOSE WHO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST DEMOCRATIC IDEALS,」 THE US LAWMAKERS SAID IN THE STATEMENT.
THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE US SENATE TO SEND ITS LEGAL STAFF TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPRISONMENT OF SENATOR DE LIMA. THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF SENATOR DE LIMA WAS TELEVISED LIVE NATIONWIDE BY SEVERAL TV NETWORKS, INCLUDING CNN PHILIPPINES. SURELY, THE VAST AND HIGH-TECH INTELLIGENCE NETWORK OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT CLOSELY MONITORED THE GOVERNMENT』S ACTION AGAINST HER AS IT HAS TO DO WITH HUMAN RIGHTS. THE US IS A SIGNATORY TO THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS — AS IS THE PHILIPPINES.
TAGS DE LIMA DETENTION, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, US SANCTIONS, US SENATOR DICK DURBIN, US SENATOR EDWARD MARKEY, US SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY

 

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