Meinrado Paredes, Cebu judge who protested Duterte’s IBP award, dies at 79

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UPSTANDING. Meinrado Paredes earned a reputation as a courageous lawyer who stood for human rights and democratic principles.

Judge Paredes, a human rights lawyer who returned his own Golden Pillar of Law award in protest, tells the Integrated Bar of the Philippines that he ‘did not believe’ that co-awardee Rodrigo Duterte upheld the ideals of justice, integrity, and the rule of law

Retired Judge Meinrado P. Paredes, a respected human rights lawyer, died on Saturday, July 11, in Cebu City. He was 79.

The cause was complications from interstitial lung disease and pneumonia.

Meinrado Paredes, Cebu judge who protested Duterte’s IBP award, dies at 79

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