'WALANG BASEHAN ANG MGA GAWA-GAWANG KASO' Rise Up for Life and for Rights, an alliance of families of victims of the Philippines’ war on drugs, joined calls for the speedy release of former senator Leila de Lima. Related story:
MANILA, Philippines – Human rights and civil society groups welcomed the “long overdue” acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima as a Muntinlupa court cleared her in one of her two remaining illegal drug charges.De Lima in Criminal Case Number 17-165. She was accused of violating section 5 of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 that penalizes the “sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of illegal drugs.
Human Rights Watch , in a statement, said that this latest acquittal further proves the “bogus, harassing nature” of the charges filed against De Lima that were part of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s “vindictive campaign to destroy her.” De Lima is considered one of Duterte’s fiercest critics. As chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in 2009, she initiated an investigation into the widespread killings allegedly perpetrated by the notorious Davao Death Squad. Then-Davao City mayor Duterte took part in She was subjected to misogynistic congressional hearings on her alleged involvement in illegal drugs before being arrested in February 2017.
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