and urging federal representatives to call for independent investigation on the detainment of jerome souccar abba. he is a human rights worker and peace advocate for the philippines invited by the general board of the united methodist church and the international coalition for human rights in the philippines. he was also scheduled to meet with u.s. conference of catholic bishops and several congressional offices. mr. abba was invited to the u.s. to speak about human rights violations in the philippines such as the 12,000 extra judicial killings under philippine's president rodrigo duterte, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people. mr. aba never made it out out of the airport and was sent back to the philippines. he reported being tortured by officials in the airport. he said he did not have access to phone or belongings. was denied legal counsel. was ordered to strip naked and interrogated as they turned on industrial fan in the room. despite telling the officers he's muslim, was given only a ham sandwich which he couldn't eat while he was there for over 28 hours. we ne