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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.
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...
Mar 20, 2024 · After all that time in arbitrary detention, that included being held hostage by an inmate at knifepoint, former Philippine senator and prisoner of conscience Leila de Lima was finally granted temporary freedom in November 2023. But one charge remains.
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.
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...
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 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 who dared to question former President Rodrigo...
May 12, 2023 · A Philippine court has dismissed a drug charge against Leila De Lima, a former senator who has spent the past six years in detention and is one of the most vocal critics of ex-President Rodrigo...
May 12, 2023 · Leila 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.
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.
Former Philippines senator Leila de Lima walks free after six years in detention. A leading critic of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was granted bail on Monday after almost seven...
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...
May 12, 2023 · A court in the Philippines has dismissed one of two remaining drug charges against Leila de Lima, a former senator and outspoken critic of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte.
May 12, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines – A Muntinlupa court acquitted former senator Leila de Lima in one of her remaining drug charges, bringing her closer to temporary freedom after six years.
Nov 13, 2023 · The European Union Parliament, some American lawmakers and United Nations human rights experts have long demanded the release of Leila de Lima, who was detained as an opposition senator in...
Nov 4, 2021 · Senator Leila de Lima – the most high-profile political detainee under the Duterte administration – asserted that it is a “moral imperative” for the new president in 2022 to order the ...
Feb 23, 2023 · Amnesty International reiterates its urgent call for the Philippine authorities to immediately drop the fabricated charges against prisoner of conscience and former Senator Leila de Lima, and ensure her immediate and unconditional release ahead of her sixth year in arbitrary detention.
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima was born on August 27, 1959 in Iriga City, Camarines Sur. Leila is the eldest daughter of the late Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Vicente B. de Lima and Norma E. Magistrado.
Feb 23, 2023 · Leila de Lima has been detained at the headquarters of the Philippine National Police since her arrest on 24 February 2017 on drug-related charges. As a human rights activist and former Senator, she has been one of the staunchest critics of the human rights violations under the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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...
Nov 13, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines – Moments after hearing that the court had granted her bail, former senator Leila de Lima exclaimed, “Freedom,” her brother Vicboy said.
Nov 13, 2023 · Leila de Lima, a prominent critic of the Philippines’ drug war, was granted bail after being jailed for six years.
Dec 8, 2023 · Manila, Philippines – Leila de Lima was released from detention last month into what the former Philippines senator calls “a whole new world”. In 2016, then-President Rodrigo Duterte promised to...
T HOSE who celebrate former senator Leila de Lima's acquittal and yet insist that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government cooperate with and allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue the ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Unbreakable Leila De Lima. By VERA FilesJul 03, 2024 3:00 PM. Malaya na talaga si Leila De Lima, dating senador na nakulong ng halos pitong taon dahil sa tatlong kaso kaugnay ng ilegal na droga. Noong June 24, ibinasura ng korte ang pangatlong kaso. Patunay ito ng matagal nang sinasabi ni De Lima at mga kaalyado niya na puro imbento ang mga ...
