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Nov 13, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines – Former senator Leila de Lima was kept in detention for more than six years since her arrest in February 2017. She was allowed to post bail on Monday, November 13, 2023.
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.
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.
Nov 14, 2023 · Duterte later identifies the senator as Leila de Lima, his staunchest critic who had earlier pursued an investigation into the killings attributed to the Davao Death Squad, a vigilante group that reportedly operated in Duterte’s home city, where he served as mayor.
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.
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.
Feb 24, 2023 · 24 Feb 2023. Manila, Philippines – For the past six years, Leila de Lima has been detained in the Philippine National Police headquarters, where she has endured the isolation of a global...
Nov 13, 2023 · Leila de Lima, a prominent critic of the Philippines’ drug war, was granted bail after being jailed for six years.
Nov 14, 2023 · A Philippine court on Monday ordered the temporary release on bail of the country’s most popular prisoner, who was jailed as a senator more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to muzzle her investigation of then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal anti-drugs crackdown.
Nov 13, 2023 · De Lima, 64, is accused of taking money from inmates inside the largest prison in the Philippines to allow them to sell drugs while she was justice minister between 2010 and 2015.
