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Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipina politician, lawyer, human rights activist and law professor who previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She was the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights from 2008 to 2010, before serving in President Benigno Aquino III's cabinet as Secretary of Justice from 2010 to 2015.
Mar 20, 2024 · Leila de Lima was jailed under former President Rodrigo Duterte, who led the so-called “war on drugs” that has killed thousands in the Philippines. A Senator at the time, Leila was one of Duterte’s most prominent critics before bogus charges were brought against her using witness testimony that was later retracted in a process that took nearly seven years.
Jun 24, 2024 · Leila de Lima was granted bail in November 2023 following over six years in detention. Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was cleared of all criminal charges on Monday, ending years ...
Jun 24, 2024 · Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 206 on Monday, June 24, cleared De Lima of the third and last charge of conspiracy to commit drug trading. This is the same court that granted her ...
Nov 13, 2023 · A Philippine court has granted bail for Leila De Lima, one of the most vocal critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” after being held in police custody for over six ...
Jun 24, 2024 · Opposition figure Leila De Lima, who was released on bail last November after she was acquitted of two counts, was cleared of a third and final charge on Monday, her lawyer told state broadcaster PTV.
Jun 24, 2024 · Leila de Lima, a former senator, leaving a court in suburban Manila on Monday. Detained in 2017, she was released on bail in 2023 after witnesses recanted their testimony.
Leila de Lima cleared of all criminal charges The former senator and justice minister was arrested in 2017 and spent more than six years in prison. 24 Jun 2024
Nov 13, 2023 · By Sui-Lee Wee and Camille Elemia. Nov. 13, 2023. The Philippines released on bail its most famous political prisoner, Leila de Lima, whose six-year detention served as a stark warning to those ...
Leila de Lima, 63, remained jailed, however, as she has one outstanding charge against her. De Lima has been detained since 2017 on drug charges she says were fabricated by former President Rodrigo Duterte and his officials in an attempt to muzzle her criticism of his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs.
