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Philippine Court Clears Fierce Duterte Critic of Drugs Charges After Long Legal Battle
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Leila de Lima, a former Philippine Senator, was detained in 2017 on charges of taking bribes from drug traffickers while serving as the public face of the opposition to President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drug campaign. The campaign resulted in thousands of deaths, with many extrajudicial killings occurring in poor areas. De Lima had spent a decade investigating "death squad" killings before her detention.
I am now completely free and vindicated. It's very liberating.
For those who weren't killed, they were left languishing in jail because of the incorrect and twisted enforcement of the law. I'm one of those who have experienced unjust imprisonment.
I'm only one of the victims. Thousands of Filipinos were murdered during the bloody and fake 'drug war.' Many families lost loved ones.
But full vindication and real justice will come only after those responsible for my persecution are made to answer for the wrongs they inflicted on me and my honor.
Philippines under Duterte
- Philippine House of Representatives votes to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte
- Rodrigo Duterte admits keeping death squad as mayor during his time in office
- After six years in jail, Duterte critic Leila de Lima granted bail
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perspectives
- 1.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 2.Authoritarianism
- 3.China Claims in South China Sea
- 4.Organized crime
- 5.Drug Trafficking
- 6.Philippines under Marcos Jr
- 7.Philippines under Duterte
