Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia on Saturday reiterated their call for the release of Sen. Leila de Lima, who marks her second year in detention on February 24.

“The two years Senator de Lima has spent languishing in prison serve as a dark reminder of President [Rodrigo] Duterte’s zero-tolerance for scrutiny and the eroding state of democracy and human rights in the Philippines,” Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Chairman Charles Santiago, a member of the Malaysian Parliament, said in a statement.

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