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“My persecutors thought that putting someone like me in jail will isolate me until I wither into oblivion. I have to say, in my 10 years in public service, this has been the most liberating and most engaging experience of my life.”
22
“To my oppressors: Jailing me despite my innocence is your burden to keep. To the Filipino people: No matter the persecution, I will never stop fighting.”
21
“Despite the continued demonization and persecution, with virtual judicial imprimatur, I will never lose heart and will never abandon my convictions. Unbowed and unbroken I shall remain.”
20
“For the least, the last and the lost among my countrymen, I continue to fight for you. For my family who give me strength, I will never give up. For those who keep praying for my freedom, my deepest gratitude goes to you.”
19
“I hope that those who still doubt my innocence and those who swallowed hook, line and sinker the lies that are being peddled against me will, one day, be able to tell the difference between accusations and proof; that the utter absence of the latter speaks louder than the lies of men…”
18
“Leila de Lima’s story bears constant retelling. Her trials are our trials, her tragedy is our tragedy.”
17
“I am obsessed with the case of Sen. Leila de Lima and her persecution by President Duterte and his minions. You should be, too, because if it can happen to the senator, the more it can happen to any of us: victims of blatant abuse of authority, victims of persecution through prosecution.”
16
With these awards and recognitions already tacked to her name, De Lima would definitely be a strong contender for the Nobel Prize. Never since Cory Aquino and the peaceful revolution of EDSA did the Filipinos have a more prominent chance at clinching the prestigious world prize than now, in the person of De Lima.
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“If everyone is scared, then the tyrants will always get things their way. Not just the Senator, but you, and you, and you! I think it is time for reckoning. We all should understand the duty upon us not just to give De Lima justice and freedom, but to return it to the people of […]
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“There’s little doubt [President Duterte] strong-armed De Lima into jail. She went in, without the benefit of bail, on a charge of conspiracy to sell illegal drugs on the 8th month of his presidency. The supposedly solid evidence presented against her consisted mostly of testimonies of life-term convicts herded by Duterte’s justice secretary, himself the […]