Do they know
what they are talking about?!
The
Australian parliament has adopted a resolution seeking for the immediate
release of detained opposition senator Leila De Lima.
Chris Hayes
of the Australian Labor Party in his speech last Feb. 18 asked the
Australian government to “use all its diplomatic measures” in urging the
Duterte administration to free De Lima from her detention cell at Camp Crame.
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| Detained Opposition senator Leila De Lima (photo credit to owner) |
Circumvention
of the law
“The case of
Senator De Lima is a clear example of what happens when a government seeks to
circumvent the rule of law,” Hayes said in his speech, which has been
posted in the Australian parliament website.
“Surely, an
attack on human rights is an attack on our collective humanity. We must never
remain silent when human rights are being attacked,” Hayes told his
companions.
According to Hayes, keeping mum on human
rights violations would only encourage “those who seek to undermine the human
rights principles, structure and democratic institutions that underpin our
societies and allow for the creation of strong and inclusive communities.”
“What we must appreciate is that, when
the rule of law is being sidelined, we are going to see the curtailment of
human rights as an inevitable result,” he said.
International
rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Forum-Asia, have
also asked for the release of the detained senator, all of them are in unison
in saying that the detention of the opposition senator is politically motivated.
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