State obliged to prosecute Capones – De Lima camp
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima’s legal camp has underscored the duty of the State prosecutors to hold accountable Prosecution witness and convicted murderer Joel Capones for the crime he confessed under oath, and in open court, where he admitted to trading and selling illegal drugs while serving as an inmate of the New Bilibid […]
On De Lima’s 4th year in detention, artists, political leaders unite to express support and call for her freedom
Artists, activists, political leaders and other cause-oriented groups and prominent personalities have expressed solidarity with Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima’s continued fight for justice and freedom by participating in an online jamming held on her fourth year in unjust detention last Feb. 24. The roughly four-hour online concert, entitled “Leilaya! Mga Tinig at Himig […]
De Lima appeals Muntinlupa court’s decision denying dismissal of her drug case, bail bid
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a motion asking the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 205 to reconsider its earlier decision denying her bid to post bail and junk one of her trumped-up drug cases. In a 70-page Motion for Reconsideration filed last Feb. 22, De Lima urged Judge Liezel Aquitan […]
Injustice to De Lima is injustice to Filipinos: Global group of Parliamentarians, leaders demand De Lima’s freedom
Over 300 leaders, parliamentarians, activists, and organizations from different parts of the world have decried the continued political persecution of Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima who marks her fourth year in unjust and indefinite detention today (Feb. 24). In a Statement of Indignation, the local and international leaders and groups called for the immediate […]
De Lima thanks US Congresswoman Schakowsky for joining calls for her release
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has thanked US Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky for calling for her immediate release and full exoneration from the fake and trumped-up cases against her just a week before she marks her fourth year of unjust detention on Feb. 24. Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of Consumer Protection […]
De Lima to Locsin: A working justice system ensures no innocent person will be in jail
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima disagrees with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr.’s assertion that her acquittal in one of her three trumped-up drug cases shows that the Philippines’ justice system “works” albeit slow. De Lima, who will be marking her fourth year in unjust detention on Feb. 24, said a working […]
De Lima calls acquittal in one trumped-up drug case under Duterte regime a ‘moral victory’
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima is elated over the dismissal of one of the three trumped-up drug cases filed against her by the Duterte administration. De Lima, the most prominent political prisoner under the present administration, said she considers the acquittal even in just one case as a moral victory. “Ikinalulugod po natin ang […]
De Lima trial cut short due to Prosecution’s failure to produce document
The hearing for the trumped-up drug charge against Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 256 was cut short because the government prosecution failed to present an important document last Feb. 16. De Lima’s legal counsel, Atty. Rolly Peoro said the Prosecution presented convicted murderer Joel Capones […]
Prosecution fails to establish conspiracy to trade drugs charge vs De Lima – lawyer
The Prosecution team has failed to establish the alleged conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading charge against Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima after its recent witness presented before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 256 last Feb. 9 denied any involvement in illegal drug trading at the New Bilibid Prison. Atty. Rolly […]
Leonen calls SC ruling on De Lima’s habeas data case vs Duterte ‘double standard in guise of presidential immunity’
The Supreme Court (SC) ruling denying with finality Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima’s petition for a writ of habeas data against President Duterte blatantly provides a double standard in the guise of “presidential immunity,” Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said in his dissenting opinion received by the Senator’s Office last Feb. 5. The SC in […]