Click to expand Image Former Senator Leila de Lima waves to supporters after leaving the Muntinlupa City trial court in the National Capital Region, Philippines, November 13, 2023. 2023 Aaron Favila/AP Photo Shortly after he became Philippine president in 2016, Rodrigo Duterte made an astonishing vow: "I will have to destroy her in public." The former president was referring to Leila de Lima, then a sitting senator who, days earlier, opened a Senate investigation into the so-called "war on drugs." On Monday, de Lima finally stepped out of police headquarters in Metro Manila after spending nearly seven years detained there. Out on bail pending a decision on the last of three bogus drug charges against her, de Lima displayed remarkable grace as she faced the media the first night of at least temporary freedom. "God forgive him and God bless him," she said of Duterte. In 2009, as chair of the governmental Commission on Human Rights, de Lima investigated the
Click to expand Image Ugandan security officials detain a protester during a march in support of the European Parliament resolution to stop the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Kampala, Uganda, October 4, 2022. 2022 REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa On Monday, nine student climate activists in Uganda will again appear before a Kampala court charged with "common nuisance" for their activism against a proposed oil pipeline. They were arrested and charged last year while marching to deliver a petition to the European Union's mission in Kampala supporting a European Parliament resolution. The resolution raised significant concerns, including environmental ones, about the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and urged against its construction. In sharp contrast to the treatment of the climate activists, days earlier, students protesting against the resolution had received police protection. The unfounded and politically motivated charges against the act
Who would have guessed that the ‘Billions’ series finale would be the warmest and fuzziest episode of the whole series, as the power of friendship helps Chuck and Axe take down one last bad guy. Read Vulture’s recap of season seven, episode 12 here.
BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) As of May 31, China courier sector saw its delivery volume exceed 50 billion parcels this year, mirroring the country economic vital