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Original Title: Philippines: Ex-Senator Leila de Lima leaves jail. The human rights campaigner and former justice minister, who spent a decade investigating ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” had been in prison for over six years
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A Philippines court on Monday granted bail to Leila de Lima, a former human rights commissioner, justice minister and senator, allowing her to leave prison.
De Lima had been in jail for over six years on what she says were fabricated, politically motivated charges intended to silence her criticism of then-President Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody war on drugs.
Calls for her release grew louder after Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was elected president last year, with rights groups, politicians and foreign diplomats making their plea.
De Lima spent 10 years investigating"death squad" executions said to have been orchestrated by Duterte while he was mayor of Davao City and early in his presidency.
Duterte, who publicly demeaned her in speeches and instigated hate campaigns against her on social media, accused de Lima of working with criminals to run a prison drug-trafficking ring during her time as justice minister.
“She never should have been unjustly prosecuted and detained by former President Rodrigo Duterte,” said Bryony Lau, deputy Asia director of the NGO Human Rights Watch.
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