‘He cared when no one did’: Filipino human rights lawyer Chito Gascón dies of Covid

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Gascón, who frequently clashed with Rodrigo Duterte over his ‘war on drugs’, has been hailed as a ‘true hero’ of democracy

osé Luis Martín C Gascón used a walking stick to carry out his duties as the Philippines’ “courageous” human rights lawyer, a result of living with with diabetes and the wound it left on his right foot.earlier this month, “of all the battles you fought, we had to lose you to Covid-19”.

 

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