MANILA: Senator Leila de Lima said lawmakers in the United States support her due to the worsening human rights crisis in the Philippines.
“These lawmakers have come together to support me, not just because of the injustice done to me, but because of the worsening human rights situation in the Philippines and its impact on our democracy, ” the senator said in a dispatch from Camp Crame yesterday.De Lima said this yesterday after a US Senate panel approved a resolution urging the Philippine government to free De Lima, who is detained at Camp Crame in Quezon City on drug charges, and dismisses charges against social news network Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa.