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Leila de Lima release urged after witnesses retract testimony

There are renewed calls for Senator Leila de Lima, a longtime critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, to be freed after two key witnesses withdrew their testimony against her [File: Ted Aljibe/AFP]

Rights groups are calling on the Philippines to release jailed senator Leila de Lima after two key witnesses in the government’s case against her retracted their testimony.

De Lima, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte and his controversial “war on drugs”, has been in custody since February 2017, accused of taking drug money while she was justice secretary.

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