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Leila de Lima is a Filipina politician and human rights activist who served as Justice Secretary from 2010 to 2015 under President Benigno Aquino III. She was arrested in 2017 under drug charges and released in 2023, while serving as a senator from 2016 to 2022.
Jun 24, 2024 · Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was cleared of all criminal charges on Monday, ending years of legal battles for one of the most vocal critics of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Jun 24, 2024 · MANILA, Philippines – Leila de Lima, former senator and a Philippine opposition figure, has now been cleared of all the drug charges filed against her during the term of her nemesis, former...
Jun 24, 2024 · Leila de Lima, a former senator in the Philippines who was detained for six years after she criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, was cleared on Monday of the last of the charges...
Nov 13, 2023 · MANILA — Leila de Lima, a former senator and one of the most prominent critics of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, was granted release on bail by a court Monday after almost...
Nov 24, 2023 · Philippine opposition Sen. Leila De Lima talks to the media after addressing students at St. Scholastica’s College during a forum on her crusade to investigate the killings in President...
With truth on her side and global institutions behind her, Senator Leila M. de Lima keeps on fighting for her innocence while serving the Filipino people. Together, let us denounce the relentless political persecution of Sen. Leila and decry her unabated public vilification by Duterte.
Nov 17, 2023 · “We welcome the news that a court in the Philippines has granted bail to former human rights commissioner, justice minister, and senator, Leila de Lima after years of injustice and incarceration due to seemingly politically motivated allegations,” the experts said.
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...
Oct 12, 2024 · Finally, human rights defender Leila de Lima can experience full freedom—after almost seven years of arbitrary detention and political persecution. On June 24, a Philippine court cleared Leila, a former senator and human rights defender, of the last criminal charges against her.
