Roque-founded law firm vows to continue fighting Duterte’s drug war

Roque-founded law firm vows to continue fighting Duterte’s drug war

Harry Roque left the human rights-focused law firm Centerlaw in 2016 upon election to Congress

MANILA, Philippines – The Center for International Law (Centerlaw) has vowed to continue challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, despite the appointment to Malacañang of Harry Roque, one of its founders.

“Centerlaw continues with this work risking life and limb to reach out and empower communities that have been victimized and to bring justice to those who have been killed in this bloody drug war,” the law firm said in a statement.

Roque has been named Duterte’s new spokesperson.

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