Philippine Court Acquits Vocal Critic of Country's Deadly War on Drugs

  • 3 months ago
A Philippine court has cleared Senator Leila de Lima of all drug charges. De Lima was a vocal critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, which saw thousands of people killed.

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00:00A court in the Philippines has acquitted a leading critic of the country's war on drugs nearly seven years after she was arrested.
00:07Former Senator Leila de Lima was charged in 2017 with taking bribes from drug dealers and with conspiracy to sell drugs.
00:15The court has now dismissed the case. De Lima was a fierce critic of former Philippine President
00:20Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, which saw thousands of people killed.
00:25Duterte is facing inspection by the International Criminal Court over the deaths.

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