De Lima marks 6 years of 'unjust detention'

by Aric John Sy Cua - Bernadette E. Tamayo - Jenica Faye Garcia

Feb 25, 2023 12:51 am

(UPDATE) FORMER senator Leila de Lima on Friday marked her sixth year in detention, which she has branded as unjust.

'Six years of unjust detention. Six years that my persecutors hoped would be spent in futility, submission and silence,' she said in a handwritten statement. 'Instead, it has been 6 years of fighting the good fight... perhaps the most important 6 years of my life.'

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