23-02-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com

Top Philippine drug war critic dodges arrest

An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for the highest-profile opponent of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs, but she dodged police and sought refuge in the Senate.The planned arrest of Senator Leila de Lima outraged her supporters and human rights activists, who said the government had manufactured drug trafficking charges to silence her criticism of Duterte and intimidate others.The 57-year-old lawyer, who has spent nearly a decade trying to link Duterte to death squads
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