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Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipina politician, lawyer, human rights activist and law professor who previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She was the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights from 2008 to 2010, before serving in President Benigno Aquino III's cabinet as Secretary of Justice from 2010 to 2015.
Known as a vocal critic of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, she was arrested in 2017 under charges linked to the New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal during her term as Justice Secretary.[1] Later that year, she was awarded the Prize for Freedom by the Liberal International. She was held in pretrial detention until November 13, 2023,[2] although she served out her remaining term as senator and filed legislation while held.
^"Senator Leila de Lima arrested". Rappler. February 24, 2017. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
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Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado deLima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipina politician, lawyer, human rights activist and law professor who previously...
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"speedy release" of fellow Senator LeilaDeLima, who had been detained for five years, after witnesses against DeLima retracted their testimony. Pacquiao...
Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) on February 22, 2024, former Senator LeiladeLima announced that former senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan, as...
Justice Secretary and former Senator LeilaDeLima on his Twitter account, during the protest held by the INC urging DeLima to resign due to alleged VIP treatment...
conducted more than 30 raids from 2014 to 2016 under then Justice Secretary LeiladeLima. Despite the raids which resulted in the termination and replacement...
Angara, JV Ejercito, Francis Pangilinan, Migz Zubiri, and LeiladeLima, although deLima was barred from voting on the bill as she is currently in police...
prescription period lapses. He also ordered the Secretary of Justice LeiladeLima to study the possibility of giving compensation to Webb and others....
Duterte. A day later, Kerwin Espinosa, one of those who accused senator LeiladeLima of being involved in the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison...
Hontiveros. Aguirre used the same tactic against Senator LeiladeLima, which led to deLima's arrest a few months past. The revelation was protested nationwide...
South China Sea arbitration. After the resignation of then Secretary LeiladeLima in October 2015, he was appointed as acting secretary of the Department...
which he controls, to file cases against incumbent senator LeiladeLima, which led to deLima's arrest on February 24, 2017. Afterwards, in a two-page motion...
through the successful ascension of senator and human rights defender LeiladeLima in the Philippine Senate. Iriga is bounded by the town of Buhi in the...
Enforcement Agency, National Bureau of Investigation led by Justice secretary LeiladeLima launched a series of raids on the New Bilibid Prison on December 15...
candidacy of LeiladeLima for the 2016 elections in exchange for deLima tolerating Sebastian's drug trade involvement inside the NBP. DeLima was then Justice...
Guingona and Ralph Recto, former Department of Justice (DOJ) secretary LeiladeLima and former senator Francis Pangilinan for inclusion. LP Standard-bearer...
Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III (Tagalog pronunciation: [pimenˈtel]; born January 20, 1964), commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is a Filipino politician...
killings to be chaired by Senator LeiladeLima, his chief critic in the government. On August 17, Duterte announced that deLima had been having an affair with...
"Ex-Tesda chief Villanueva 'applies' for Senate job, willing to campaign with DeLima". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 5, 2016. "Joel Villanueva...
that the decision against Trillanes is similar to the case of Senator LeiladeLima, who was detained for allegedly violating the drug trafficking law almost...
the investigation to be made open to the public, Justice Secretary LeiladeLima refused, stating at the time that it was too early for the DOJ investigation...
1000peacewomen.org, retrieved 22 July 2022. "LI President nominates Senator LeiladeLima for the Nobel Peace Prize". Liberal International. 7 April 2020. Archived...
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