"Those evil elements who orchestrated this grand travesty of justice foisted upon me must now be shaking on their knees. Amidst their continued vilification of my person and honor, they don't really know how to handle me. They know that they cannot persist in their lies and machinations," De Lima said in a handwritten note from her detention cell.
De Lima has repeatedly accused President Rodrigo Duterte of masterminding the drug-related charges against her, allegedly in retaliation for her criticism of his anti-narcotics crackdown.
Several international bodies, including the European Union (EU), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have condemned De Lima's arrest and called for immediate release.
