MANILA – An international human rights group slammed the ouster of Senator Leila de Lima as chairman of a senate committee probing cases of extrajudicial killings connected to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Senate should seek de Lima’s reinstatement as chair of the Senate committee on Justice and Human Rights.
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Senate should seek de Lima’s reinstatement as chair of the Senate committee on Justice and Human Rights.
“The Senate vote to remove the chair of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights is a craven attempt to derail accountability for the appalling death toll from President Duterte's abusive ‘war on drugs,’” said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
“The Senate is imperiling the Philippine public by covering up allegations of state-sanctioned murder rather than exposing them,” Kine added.
De Lima, erstwhile chair of the Senate committee on Justice and Human Rights, earlier launched a probe into the drug-related deaths in the country which have caught the attention of the international community.
Source: news.abs-cbn.com
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