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Citing UN panel recommendation, Senate minority bloc urges gov’t to free De Lima from detention

(Eagle News) — The Senate minority bloc is calling on the government to free one of its members, Senator Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug-related charges. Under Senate Resolution No. 780, the bloc–composed of  Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon, and Senators Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Risa Hontiveros, Francis Pangilinan, and Antonio Trillanes IV—said freeing De Lima from “unjust detention” and giving her “an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, including her […]