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<title>Condemning the Government of the Philippines for its continued detention of Senator Leila De Lima, calling for her immediate release, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hres233v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-03-04">
<action-date>2019-03-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution condemns the government of the Philippines for the state-sanctioned extrajudicial killings in its War on Drugs. The resolution also condemns the government's detention of human rights defenders and Senator Leila De Lima and harassment of journalists.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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