The Candle
Fall 2024 | Vol 23 | No. 2
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Featured Story
Victory for Leila de Lima as bogus criminal charges are dismissed
Finally, human rights defender Leila de Lima can experience full freedom—after almost seven years of arbitrary detention and political persecution.
On June 24, a Philippine court cleared Leila, a former senator and human rights defender, of the last criminal charges against her. In his decision, the judge granted Leila’s legal motion that called for the dismissal of her case. Seven months previously, the same court had granted her bail and temporary liberty.
Photo: Human rights defender Leila de Lima outside a court where, on June 24, all remaining charges against her were dropped, ending a seven-year ordeal of persecution and prison. © JAM STA ROSA/AFP/Getty Images.
Good News
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