Senator Leila de Lima saidher eldest son andsiblings will receive her "Prize for Freedom" award from the Liberal International (LI) on Saturday. De Lima is the second Filipino to receive the award after the late President Corazon Aquino. LI regarded the senator as a "flag-bearer for human rights in the Philippines and beyond, setting a shining example for other human rights defenders." "Inasmuch as I personally want to grace the awarding ceremony to receive this prestigious Human Rights Prize, such is impossible because of my continued unjust detention under Duterte's murderous regime," De Lima said in a state...
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