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Philippine court clears Duterte critic Leila de Lima of drugs charges

Leila de Lima leaves the court after all remaining criminal charges against her were dropped [Jam Sta Rosa/AFP]

A Philippine court has dropped the last of three cases against former Senator Leila de Lima, a longtime critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte and his “war on drugs”.

De Lima was targeted with various charges in 2017 within months of launching a senate inquiry into Duterte’s bloody anti-drugs campaign, in which thousands of users and dealers were killed by police or in mysterious circumstances.

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