“This was not about power politics but about human rights and every individual was entitled to it,” Pedrosa said, quoting Alamuddin.
According to Pedrosa, Alamuddin’s mother, Al-Hayat foreign editor Baria Alamuddin, is her long-time friend she met in London while the columnist was in exile during the Marcos dictatorship.
She said the Lebanese-born British lawyer made this commitment during a recent visit to Pedrosa’s home in Manila after a speaking engagement in Singapore.
The 67-year-old Arroyo, a representative of Pampanga’s second district, is under hospital arrest at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City facing non-bailable charges of plunder.
Who is Alamuddin?
Before she gained international fame over the recent announcement of her engagement to Clooney, the Lebanese-born British lawyer has been a reputable international human rights lawyer.
In the past, she has represented Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in a human rights claim before the European Court of Human Rights in Sweden; Cambodia against Thailand in the territorial dispute over the Temple of Preah Vihear; Abdallah Al Senussi, former Libyan intelligence chief, in the case of alleged crimes against humanity before the International Court of Justice; and Yulia Tymoshenko, former Ukrainian prime minister, in the case against Ukraine.
Clooney has also taken up advocacies for peace in Sudan and Syria, which was what brought the couple together in the first place, Pedrosa said.
“Amal will bring in the interest and the push needed in the world for human rights violations with George Clooney of Hollywood by her side,” the columnist said.
source: interaksyon.com
