Press Release
April 20, 2019

SEN. LEILA M. DE LIMA'S STATEMENT OF SUPPORT TO PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION'S (PGA) SIX-POINT CALL FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW IN SUDAN

I strongly stand behind the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and other international organizations in urging for the immediate reconstruction of democracy, for the restoration of the rule of law in Sudan, and for demanding justice and accountability from the perpetrators and enablers of the horrific atrocities and human rights abuses committed against the Sudanese people.

The unprecedented downfall of the 30-year rule of Al-Bashir regime in Sudan should teach us all a lesson that there are dire and definite consequences for governments that blatantly violate fundamental human rights of those they govern. No ruler or leader should be allowed to brutalize his own people and go unpunished.

Therefore, I join the clamor upon the new Sudanese government to allow the International Criminal Court to do its work of putting its deposed leader Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and his inner circle on trial for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they are accused of under the Rome Statute.

As I monitor closely what is happening in Sudan from my detention, I pray that those who are struggling against tyrannical and repressive regimes - including the Filipinos and the Burmese -- will hold on to a common faith in humanity and remain steadfast in the hope that no matter how long and lonely the fight may be, as long as we have persistent courage and unwavering determination to stand up for what is right and just, truth and accountability will prevail and the climate of impunity and state repression will come to pass.

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