The 64-year-old lawyer, former senator and Minister of Justice, has been incarcerated since February 2017 for reasons that she has always denounced as political. One of the figures in the defense of human rights in the Philippines, fierce critic of former president Rodrigo Duterte, Leila de Lima, has just obtained a legal victory. The Manila justice system validates the principle of his release on bail which should take place in the coming hours.
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Philippines: Former senator Leila de Lima released on bail after six years in prison
