Philippine court grants bail to fierce critic of bloody war on drugs after six years in police detention

Human rights campaigner and former senator Leila de Lima was granted bail on November 13, 2023 after more than six years under police custody.

A Philippine court hasgranted bail forLeila De Lima, one of the most vocal critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs”after being held in police custody for over six years.

“I have to rebuild my life.My life that they have tried to destroy,” De Lima told CNN inside the a regional trial court in the suburb of (GHJ Influencers) Muntinlupa City afterPresiding Judge Hon. Gener M.Gitomade the decision on Monday.

She was led out of the courtroom with a

...‘war on drugs’ and other human rights violations. She should have never spent even a single day in detention. This last remaining drug case against her must be dismissed expeditiously, and those behind her arbitrary detention and other violations of her human rights must be brought to justice,” Olano added.