‘This country is not safe space for us’: LGBT groups slam absolute pardon grant to Pemberton

MANILA — Members of the LGBT community in the Philippines on Monday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s grant of absolute pardon to a US Marine convicted for killing a Filipino transgender woman in 20

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“More than ever, it is clear that he is willing to brush aside justice for our transwoman sister Jennifer Laude, and the sovereignty of the Filipino people, to uphold the interests of his true master: the United States, and its military-industrial complex,” Salinas said. “We will never forgive Duterte for pardoning his fellow murderer Pemberton. This is a direct attack not just to Jennifer & her family but to every trans person & every victim of our corrupt & unequal “justice” system,” the group said.“Absolutely not. For as long as Duterte remains in office, and for as long as we as a country remain beholden to the interests of other nations, all of us in the Filipino LGBTQ+ community are Jennifer Laude.

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