Former Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, who was jailed in 2017 after her vocal campaign against then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” has been released on bail after more than ...

Former Senator Leila de Lima issues a statement to reporters after she goes out of the Muntinlupa City trial court on Nov. 13, 2023 in Muntinlupa, Philippines. Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Leila ...

Though she was never convicted, Ms. de Lima was detained for six years after she fiercely opposed the Philippine former president’s brutal war on drugs. By Sui-Lee Wee and Camille Elemia The ...

A Philippine court has granted the bail petition of former Senator Leila de Lima, a staunch critic of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte who has been in detention for more than six years. “I’ve been ...

Leila de Lima was granted bail on Monday by a Philippine court, freeing the former senator who had been jailed for more than six years. According to the Associated Press, de Lima “was detained ...

Philippine human rights campaigner Leila De Lima said Monday that winning bail after more than six years in jail was a moment of “triumphant joy”. “This is a moment of triumphant joy and ...

Former senator was arrested after launching inquiry into ex-president’s brutal war on drugs The most prominent critic of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on ...

PTI Manila, November 13 A Philippine court on Monday ordered the release on bail of a former senator jailed more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to muzzle her ...

Former Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, who was jailed in 2017 after her vocal campaign against then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” has been released on bail after more than six years in ...