HUMAN rights advocates from the European Parliament (EP) were prevented from visiting Sen. Leila de Lima in her detention cell on Saturday as they vowed to help free her.

"We were ready to visit de Lima. We asked for permission. We didn't get the permission. We were disappointed," European Parliament (EP) member Enrico Guerrero Salom from Spain said in a press briefing.

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