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MANILA-- Human rights activists pressed their call Monday for the immediate release of a former Philippine opposition senator after she was taken hostage in a rampage by three Muslim militants in a failed attempt to escape from a maximum-security jail.
Calls mount for De Lima’s freedom after jail riot
Human rights activists pressed their call Monday for the immediate release of a former Philippine opposition senator after she was taken hostage in a rampage by three Muslim militants in a failed attempt to escape from a maximum-security jail.
Leila de Lima, who has been detained since 2017 on drug charges she says were fabricated, was briefly taken hostage during the violence.
Leila de Lima, who has been detained since 2017 on drug charges she says were fabricated, was briefly taken hostage during the violence.