THE government has barred entry to an EU party official critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on drugs, in a move denounced by critics Monday as a gag on dissent.
Italian Giacomo Filibeck was detained by border police upon his arrival at Cebu airport Sunday and deported for engaging in “partisan political activity,” immigration authorities and his party said.
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